diff --git a/examples/domtop/domtop.c b/examples/domtop/domtop.c
index 4224e4c9ec..ada5a064fb 100644
--- a/examples/domtop/domtop.c
+++ b/examples/domtop/domtop.c
@@ -241,7 +241,8 @@ print_cpu_usage(const char *dom_name,
 
         if (delim)
             printf("\t");
-        printf("CPU%zu: %.2lf", cpu + i, usage);
+        /* mingw lacks %zu */
+        printf("CPU%u: %.2lf", (unsigned)(cpu + i), usage);
         delim = true;
     }
 
diff --git a/examples/object-events/event-test.c b/examples/object-events/event-test.c
index 53d95b10d0..0c99fb33e3 100644
--- a/examples/object-events/event-test.c
+++ b/examples/object-events/event-test.c
@@ -948,10 +948,11 @@ myDomainEventBlockThresholdCallback(virConnectPtr conn ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                                     unsigned long long excess,
                                     void *opaque ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
+    /* Casts to uint64_t to work around mingw not knowing %lld */
     printf("%s EVENT: Domain %s(%d) block threshold callback dev '%s'(%s), "
-           "threshold: '%llu', excess: '%llu'",
+           "threshold: '%" PRIu64 "', excess: '%" PRIu64 "'",
            __func__, virDomainGetName(dom), virDomainGetID(dom),
-           dev, NULLSTR(path), threshold, excess);
+           dev, NULLSTR(path), (uint64_t)threshold, (uint64_t)excess);
     return 0;
 }