diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 74cf3a94b7e..f2040d6d950 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1241,7 +1241,8 @@ ac_configure="$SHELL $ac_aux_dir/configure" # This should be Cygnus configure.
 
 
 
-LIBEXT=so       # library type .so or .a
+LIBEXT="so"
+
 
 # Check whether --enable-debug or --disable-debug was given.
 if test "${enable_debug+set}" = set; then
@@ -10171,10 +10172,17 @@ _ACEOF
 fi
 
 
-LDSHARED=""
-LDDLLFLAGS=""
+DLLEXT=""
+
+DLLFLAGS=""
+
 DLLIBS=""
 
+LDDLLFLAGS=""
+
+LDSHARED=""
+
+
 case $host_os in
   cygwin*|mingw32*)
     if test -n "$ac_tool_prefix"; then
@@ -10525,6 +10533,8 @@ done
 
     if test "$LIBEXT" = "so"
     then
+      DLLFLAGS="-fPIC"
+      DLLEXT=".so"
       echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking whether we can build a GNU style ELF dll" >&5
 echo $ECHO_N "checking whether we can build a GNU style ELF dll... $ECHO_C" >&6
 if test "${ac_cv_c_dll_gnuelf+set}" = set; then
@@ -10650,30 +10660,21 @@ If you are using Linux, you will need a newer binutils.
    { (exit 1); exit 1; }; }
 fi
 
-DLLFLAGS=""
-
-if test "$LIBEXT" = "so"; then
-    DLLFLAGS="-fPIC"
-    DLLEXT=".so"
-elif test "$LIBEXT" = "dll"; then
-    #DLLFLAGS="-fPIC" # -fPIC doesn't work(at least in cygwin-b20) - FIXME
-    DLLEXT=""
-fi
-
 case $build_os in
   cygwin*|mingw32*)
-    LDPATH="PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$PATH\"" ;;
+    LDPATH="PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$PATH\""
+ ;;
   *)
-    LDPATH="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\"" ;;
+    LDPATH="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\""
+ ;;
 esac
 
+CRTLIBS=""
 
-
-
-
-
-
-
+case $host_os in
+  mingw32*)
+    CRTLIBS="-lmsvcrt" ;;
+esac
 
 
 if test "$LIBEXT" = "so"
@@ -14736,6 +14737,7 @@ s,@ECHO_C@,$ECHO_C,;t t
 s,@ECHO_N@,$ECHO_N,;t t
 s,@ECHO_T@,$ECHO_T,;t t
 s,@LIBS@,$LIBS,;t t
+s,@LIBEXT@,$LIBEXT,;t t
 s,@OPTIONS@,$OPTIONS,;t t
 s,@build@,$build,;t t
 s,@build_cpu@,$build_cpu,;t t
@@ -14803,15 +14805,15 @@ s,@ARTSINCL@,$ARTSINCL,;t t
 s,@ALSALIBS@,$ALSALIBS,;t t
 s,@NASLIBS@,$NASLIBS,;t t
 s,@AUDIOIOLIBS@,$AUDIOIOLIBS,;t t
+s,@DLLEXT@,$DLLEXT,;t t
+s,@DLLFLAGS@,$DLLFLAGS,;t t
+s,@DLLIBS@,$DLLIBS,;t t
+s,@LDDLLFLAGS@,$LDDLLFLAGS,;t t
+s,@LDSHARED@,$LDSHARED,;t t
 s,@DLLWRAP@,$DLLWRAP,;t t
 s,@ac_ct_DLLWRAP@,$ac_ct_DLLWRAP,;t t
-s,@DLLIBS@,$DLLIBS,;t t
-s,@DLLFLAGS@,$DLLFLAGS,;t t
-s,@DLLEXT@,$DLLEXT,;t t
-s,@LDSHARED@,$LDSHARED,;t t
-s,@LDDLLFLAGS@,$LDDLLFLAGS,;t t
-s,@LIBEXT@,$LIBEXT,;t t
 s,@LDPATH@,$LDPATH,;t t
+s,@CRTLIBS@,$CRTLIBS,;t t
 s,@LDD@,$LDD,;t t
 s,@ALLOCA@,$ALLOCA,;t t
 /@MAKE_RULES@/r $MAKE_RULES
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9cd74c7d2d7..512a63569fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(tools)
 
 dnl **** Command-line arguments ****
 
-dnl Default values
-LIBEXT=so       # library type .so or .a
+dnl Library type .so or .a
+AC_SUBST(LIBEXT,"so")
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(debug, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-debug],[compile out all debugging messages]))
 AC_ARG_ENABLE(trace, AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-trace],[compile out TRACE messages]))
@@ -723,9 +723,11 @@ fi
 
 dnl **** Check for working dll ****
 
-LDSHARED=""
-LDDLLFLAGS=""
-DLLIBS=""
+AC_SUBST(DLLEXT,"")
+AC_SUBST(DLLFLAGS,"")
+AC_SUBST(DLLIBS,"")
+AC_SUBST(LDDLLFLAGS,"")
+AC_SUBST(LDSHARED,"")
 
 case $host_os in
   cygwin*|mingw32*)
@@ -748,6 +750,8 @@ case $host_os in
 
     if test "$LIBEXT" = "so"
     then
+      DLLFLAGS="-fPIC"
+      DLLEXT=".so"
       AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether we can build a GNU style ELF dll], ac_cv_c_dll_gnuelf,
           [WINE_TRY_CFLAGS([-fPIC -shared -Wl,-soname,conftest.so.1.0,-Bsymbolic],
                            ac_cv_c_dll_gnuelf="yes",ac_cv_c_dll_gnuelf="no")])
@@ -778,30 +782,19 @@ If you are using Linux, you will need a newer binutils.]
 )
 fi
 
-DLLFLAGS=""
-
-if test "$LIBEXT" = "so"; then
-    DLLFLAGS="-fPIC"
-    DLLEXT=".so"
-elif test "$LIBEXT" = "dll"; then
-    #DLLFLAGS="-fPIC" # -fPIC doesn't work(at least in cygwin-b20) - FIXME
-    DLLEXT=""
-fi
-
 case $build_os in
   cygwin*|mingw32*)
-    LDPATH="PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$PATH\"" ;;
+    AC_SUBST(LDPATH,"PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$PATH\"") ;;
   *)
-    LDPATH="LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\"" ;;
+    AC_SUBST(LDPATH,"LD_LIBRARY_PATH=\"\$(TOOLSDIR)/library:\$(TOOLSDIR)/unicode:\$\$LD_LIBRARY_PATH\"") ;;
 esac
 
-AC_SUBST(DLLIBS)
-AC_SUBST(DLLFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(DLLEXT)
-AC_SUBST(LDSHARED)
-AC_SUBST(LDDLLFLAGS)
-AC_SUBST(LIBEXT)
-AC_SUBST(LDPATH)
+dnl Mingw needs explicit msvcrt for linking libwine
+AC_SUBST(CRTLIBS,"")
+case $host_os in
+  mingw32*)
+    CRTLIBS="-lmsvcrt" ;;
+esac
 
 dnl **** Get the soname for libraries that we load dynamically ****
 
diff --git a/library/Makefile.in b/library/Makefile.in
index fb7329ab0d3..4da894087b2 100644
--- a/library/Makefile.in
+++ b/library/Makefile.in
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ LIBEXT    = @LIBEXT@
 MODULE    = none
 SOVERSION = 1.0
 SONAME    = libwine.so
-EXTRALIBS = @DLLIBS@
+EXTRALIBS = @DLLIBS@ @CRTLIBS@
 
 C_SRCS = \
 	config.c \
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ libwine.a: $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 libwine.dll: $(OBJS)
-	$(DLLWRAP) $(DLLWRAPFLAGS) --export-all --implib libwine.a -o libwine.dll $(OBJS) -lmsvcrt
+	$(DLLWRAP) $(DLLWRAPFLAGS) --export-all --implib libwine.a -o libwine.dll $(OBJS) $(EXTRALIBS)
 
 .PHONY: install_so install_a install_dll