diff --git a/example/DllLoader/Makefile b/example/DllLoader/Makefile
index 182118d..55ff822 100644
--- a/example/DllLoader/Makefile
+++ b/example/DllLoader/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,15 @@
+UNAME := $(shell uname)
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
+CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+CXX = i686-w64-mingw32-g++
+LINK = i686-w64-mingw32-ld
+else
 CC = gcc
-CPP = g++
+CXX = g++
 LINK = ld
+endif
+
 CFLAGS  = -Wall -g
 LDFLAGS = 
 
@@ -10,7 +19,7 @@ DllLoader.exe: $(OBJ)
 	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o DllLoader.exe $(OBJ)
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(CPP) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
 
 %.o: %.cc
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
diff --git a/example/SampleDLL/Makefile b/example/SampleDLL/Makefile
index 86c82d1..cd58a20 100644
--- a/example/SampleDLL/Makefile
+++ b/example/SampleDLL/Makefile
@@ -1,11 +1,22 @@
-CC = g++
+UNAME := $(shell uname)
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME), Linux)
+CC = i686-w64-mingw32-gcc
+CXX = i686-w64-mingw32-g++
+LINK = i686-w64-mingw32-ld
+else
+CC = gcc
+CXX = g++
+LINK = ld
+endif
+
 CFLAGS  = -Wall -g -DSAMPLEDLL_EXPORTS
 LDFLAGS = -shared
 
 OBJ = SampleDLL.o
 
 SampleDLL.dll: $(OBJ)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o SampleDLL.dll $(OBJ)
+	$(LINK) $(LDFLAGS) -o SampleDLL.dll $(OBJ)
 
 %.o: %.cpp
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -c $<
+	$(CXX) $(CFLAGS) -c $<