diff --git a/winsup/utils/mingw/Makefile.am b/winsup/utils/mingw/Makefile.am
index c06562d9b..46d821313 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/mingw/Makefile.am
+++ b/winsup/utils/mingw/Makefile.am
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 CFLAGS_COMMON=-Wimplicit-fallthrough=4 -Werror -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0a00 -DNTDDI_VERSION=WDK_NTDDI_VERSION
 AM_CXXFLAGS=-fno-exceptions -fno-rtti -fno-use-cxa-atexit $(flags_common) $(CFLAGS_COMMON)
 
+AM_LDFLAGS = -static
+
 bin_PROGRAMS = \
 	cygcheck \
 	cygwin-console-helper \