diff --git a/recipes/mpdecimal/2.5.x/conanfile.py b/recipes/mpdecimal/2.5.x/conanfile.py
index ce8610550b172..6e2ed5ab3c791 100644
--- a/recipes/mpdecimal/2.5.x/conanfile.py
+++ b/recipes/mpdecimal/2.5.x/conanfile.py
@@ -63,7 +63,8 @@ def validate(self):
                     "A shared libmpdec++ is not possible on Windows (due to non-exportable thread local storage)")
 
     def build_requirements(self):
-        if is_msvc(self):
+        # Use MSYS2 only for MSVC
+        if not is_msvc(self):
             self.tool_requires("automake/1.16.5")
         else:
             # required to support windows as a build machine