diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 751f66006..cab853581 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -467,9 +467,12 @@ link_directories(${LIBUNWIND_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 
 # Final setup for libpcsc
 if (PCSC_FOUND) 
+  message(STATUS "Using PCSC include dir at ${PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR}")
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_PCSC)
   include_directories(${PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR})
   link_directories(${LIBPCSC_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+else (PCSC_FOUND)
+  message(STATUS "Could not find PCSC")
 endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
diff --git a/cmake/FindPCSC.cmake b/cmake/FindPCSC.cmake
index 8dd9d0e76..b5e8420e6 100644
--- a/cmake/FindPCSC.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindPCSC.cmake
@@ -14,22 +14,31 @@ ENDIF (PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR AND PCSC_LIBRARIES)
 IF (NOT WIN32)
   FIND_PACKAGE(PkgConfig)
   PKG_CHECK_MODULES(PC_PCSC libpcsclite)
-ENDIF (NOT WIN32)
 
-FIND_PATH(PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR winscard.h
-  HINTS
-  /usr/include/PCSC
-  ${PC_PCSC_INCLUDEDIR}
-  ${PC_PCSC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
-  PATH_SUFFIXES PCSC
+  FIND_PATH(PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR winscard.h
+    HINTS
+    /usr/include/PCSC
+    ${PC_PCSC_INCLUDEDIR}
+    ${PC_PCSC_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    PATH_SUFFIXES PCSC
   )
 
-FIND_LIBRARY(PCSC_LIBRARY NAMES pcsclite libpcsclite WinSCard PCSC
-  HINTS
-  ${PC_PCSC_LIBDIR}
-  ${PC_PCSC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+  FIND_LIBRARY(PCSC_LIBRARY NAMES pcsclite libpcsclite PCSC
+    HINTS
+    ${PC_PCSC_LIBDIR}
+    ${PC_PCSC_LIBRARY_DIRS}
   )
 
+ELSE (NOT WIN32)
+  IF(BUILD_64 STREQUAL "ON")
+    set(PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR /mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/include)
+    set(PCSC_LIBRARY /mingw64/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/libwinscard.a)
+  ELSE(BUILD_64 STREQUAL "ON")
+    set(PCSC_INCLUDE_DIR /mingw32/i686-w64-mingw32/include)
+    set(PCSC_LIBRARY /mingw32/i686-w64-mingw32/lib/libwinscard.a)
+  ENDIF(BUILD_64 STREQUAL "ON")
+ENDIF (NOT WIN32)
+
 # handle the QUIETLY and REQUIRED arguments and set PCSC_FOUND to TRUE if 
 # all listed variables are TRUE
 INCLUDE(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
diff --git a/src/device/device_ledger.cpp b/src/device/device_ledger.cpp
index 3b9ab6744..aedaf8382 100644
--- a/src/device/device_ledger.cpp
+++ b/src/device/device_ledger.cpp
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ namespace hw {
     /* ===================================================================== */
     /* ===                           Debug                              ==== */
     /* ===================================================================== */
+    #ifdef WIN32
+    static char *pcsc_stringify_error(LONG rv) {
+     static __thread char out[20];
+     sprintf_s(out, sizeof(out), "0x%08lX", rv);
+
+     return out;
+    }
+    #endif
+
     void set_apdu_verbose(bool verbose) {
       apdu_verbose = verbose;
     }
diff --git a/src/device/device_ledger.hpp b/src/device/device_ledger.hpp
index f1fcaab87..b62bdf959 100644
--- a/src/device/device_ledger.hpp
+++ b/src/device/device_ledger.hpp
@@ -33,8 +33,13 @@
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <string>
 #include "device.hpp"
+#ifdef WIN32
+#include <winscard.h>
+#define MAX_ATR_SIZE            33
+#else
 #include <PCSC/winscard.h>
 #include <PCSC/wintypes.h>
+#endif
 #include <boost/thread/mutex.hpp>
 #include <boost/thread/recursive_mutex.hpp>