diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 1259166ca..8e0a35bd7 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ PNG:=$(if $(PNG),$(PNG),$(call linktest,,-lpng12,))
 FRIBIDI_LIB:=$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs fribidi)
 FRIBIDI_CFLAGS:=$(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags fribidi)
 
-windows_ARCH_LINKS:=-lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 $(PNG) -lz -lwinspool -lshlwapi $(FRIBIDI_LIB) -liconv -limagequant
+windows_ARCH_LINKS:=-lgdi32 -lcomdlg32 $(PNG) -lz -lwinspool -lshlwapi $(FRIBIDI_LIB) -liconv -limagequant -mwindows
 macos_ARCH_LINKS:=$(FRIBIDI_LIB) -limagequant
 ios_ARCH_LINKS=$(FRIBIDI_LIB) -limagequant -ljpeg -lbz2 $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --libs freetype2 libtiff-4 libwebp libffi harfbuzz libmpg123 ogg vorbisenc vorbisidec libxml-2.0 pangoft2 libpcre)
 beos_ARCH_LINKS:=-lintl $(PNG) -lz -lbe -lnetwork -liconv $(FRIBIDI_LIB) $(PAPER_LIB) $(STDC_LIB) -limagequant