diff --git a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
index 2ab796a1ae..bdd4714201 100644
--- a/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
+++ b/include/SDL3/SDL_assert.h
@@ -126,10 +126,12 @@ extern "C" {
  */
 #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() TriggerABreakpointInAPlatformSpecificManner
 
-#elif defined(__MINGW32__) || (defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1310)
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1310
     /* Don't include intrin.h here because it contains C++ code */
     extern void __cdecl __debugbreak(void);
     #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() __debugbreak()
+#elif defined(__MINGW32__) && (SDL_HAS_BUILTIN(__debugbreak) || __MINGW_DEBUGBREAK_IMPL)
+    #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() __debugbreak()
 #elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_IX86)
     #define SDL_TriggerBreakpoint() { _asm { int 0x03 }  }
 #elif SDL_HAS_BUILTIN(__builtin_debugtrap)