diff --git a/gconfig/rules.mk b/gconfig/rules.mk
index ab793b201190..ab95523dbc44 100644
--- a/gconfig/rules.mk
+++ b/gconfig/rules.mk
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ ifeq ($(OS_TARGET),WIN16)
 	$(LINK) @w16link.
 	rm w16link
 else
-	$(LINK_EXE) $(MAP) $(PDB) $(IMP) $(OBJS) $(OUT_NAME)$(PROGRAM) $(LDFLAGS) $(OS_LIBS) $(LD_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(RESFILE)
+	$(LINK_EXE) $(MAP) $(PDB) $(IMP) $(OBJS) $(OUT_NAME)$(PROGRAM) $(LDFLAGS) $(STATIC_LIBS) $(OS_LIBS) $(LD_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(RESFILE)
 endif
 else
-	$(LINK_PROGRAM) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(LD_LIBS) $(OS_LIBS)
+	$(LINK_PROGRAM) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(STATIC_LIBS) $(LD_LIBS) $(EXTRA_LIBS) $(OS_LIBS)
 endif
 
 $(LIBRARY): $(OBJS) $(AR_LIBS)
diff --git a/gconfig/ruleset.mk b/gconfig/ruleset.mk
index 97d825b12ed7..16f9e3d9d1be 100644
--- a/gconfig/ruleset.mk
+++ b/gconfig/ruleset.mk
@@ -169,12 +169,20 @@ ifdef AR_LIBS
   endif
 endif
 
+ifdef STATIC_LIBS
+  ifeq ($(OS_ARCH), WINNT)
+	STATIC_LIBS := $(addprefix $(CONFIG_DIST_LIB)$(OPT_SLASH), $(STATIC_LIBS:%=%$(ARCHIVE_SUFFIX)$(STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)))
+  else
+	STATIC_LIBS := $(addprefix $(CONFIG_DIST_LIB)$(OPT_SLASH)lib, $(STATIC_LIBS:%=%_s$(ARCHIVE_SUFFIX)$(STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)))
+  endif
+endif
+
 # Rules to convert LD_LIBS to platform-dependent naming scheme
 ifdef LD_LIBS
   ifeq ($(OS_ARCH), WINNT)
 	LD_LIBS := $(addprefix $(CONFIG_DIST_LIB)$(OPT_SLASH), $(LD_LIBS:%=%$(STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)))
   else
-	LD_LIBS := $(addprefix $(CONFIG_DIST_BIN)$(OPT_SLASH)lib, $(LD_LIBS:%=%$(STATIC_LIB_SUFFIX)))
+	LD_LIBS := $(addprefix $(DIST)$(OPT_SLASH)bin$(OPT_SLASH)lib, $(LD_LIBS:%=%.$(DLL_SUFFIX)))
   endif
 endif