diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f91168af..6d9c617d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-03-10 Richard Frith-Macdonald <rfm@gnu.org>
+
+	* target.make: Force shared=yes for cygwin and mingw as stuff simply
+	doesn't work under windows when built static.
+
 Sat Mar  9 09:52:51 2002  Adam Fedor  <fedor@yogi.doc.com>
 
 	* configure.in: Move HOST_INSTALL so that prefix is defined before
diff --git a/target.make b/target.make
index 2dcebc4b..10687617 100644
--- a/target.make
+++ b/target.make
@@ -889,11 +889,10 @@ endif
 # Mingw32
 #
 ifeq ($(findstring mingw32, $(GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS)), mingw32)
+shared = yes
 HAVE_SHARED_LIBS = yes
-ifeq ($(shared), yes)
 BUILD_DLL	 = yes
 WITH_DLL	 = yes
-endif
 SHARED_LIBEXT	 = .a
 DLL_LIBEXT	 = .dll
 DLLTOOL		 = dlltool
@@ -918,11 +917,10 @@ endif
 # Cygwin
 #
 ifeq ($(findstring cygwin, $(GNUSTEP_TARGET_OS)), cygwin)
+shared = yes
 HAVE_SHARED_LIBS = yes
-ifeq ($(shared), yes)
 BUILD_DLL	 = yes
 WITH_DLL	 = yes
-endif
 SHARED_LIBEXT	 = .a
 DLL_LIBEXT	 = .dll
 DLLTOOL		 = dlltool