diff --git a/tools/windows/setup_cross_compilation_env.sh b/tools/windows/setup_cross_compilation_env.sh
index c107fa312..60e957fee 100755
--- a/tools/windows/setup_cross_compilation_env.sh
+++ b/tools/windows/setup_cross_compilation_env.sh
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ function update_mingw_cross_env {
   cd ${INSTALL_DIR}
   cat > settings.mk <<EOF
 MXE_TARGETS = ${HOST}
-MXE_PLUGIN_DIRS += plugins/gcc6
+MXE_PLUGIN_DIRS += plugins/gcc7
 JOBS = ${PARALLEL}
 
 MKVTOOLNIX_DEPENDENCIES=gettext libiconv zlib boost file flac lzo ogg pthreads vorbis cmark