diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e4a1b34..3181c739 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ if(${OPENAL_SUPPORT})
 endif()
 
 if(${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} MATCHES "Windows")
-	list(APPEND yquake2LinkerFlags "-lm")
+	list(APPEND yquake2LinkerFlags "-lm -static-libgcc")
 else()
 	list(APPEND yquake2LinkerFlags "-lm -rdynamic")
 endif()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6d654bb8..501d38f4 100755
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ LDFLAGS := -L/usr/local/lib -lm
 else ifeq ($(YQ2_OSTYPE),OpenBSD)
 LDFLAGS := -L/usr/local/lib -lm
 else ifeq ($(YQ2_OSTYPE),Windows)
-LDFLAGS := -L/usr/lib -lws2_32 -lwinmm
+LDFLAGS := -L/usr/lib -lws2_32 -lwinmm -static-libgcc
 else ifeq ($(YQ2_OSTYPE), Darwin)
 LDFLAGS := $(OSX_ARCH) -lm
 endif