Index: configure.ac
==================================================================
--- configure.ac
+++ configure.ac
@@ -97,11 +97,11 @@
 	enable_shared="no"
 	enable_threads="no"
 	enable_sockets="no"
 	;;
 *-*-mingw*)
-	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition"
+	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -Wl,--allow-multiple-definition -static-libgcc"
 	LIBS="$LIBS -lversion"
 
 	AC_SUBST(USE_SRCS_WINDOWS, '${SRCS_WINDOWS}')
 	;;
 *-psp-*)
@@ -1050,10 +1050,14 @@
 		;;
 	m68k-*-amigaos* | powerpc-*-amigaos*)
 		dnl Compiler TLS is broken on AmigaOS
 		enable_compiler_tls="no"
 		;;
+	*-*-mingw*)
+		dnl Causes emutls to be pulled in, which pulls in winpthread.
+		enable_compiler_tls="no"
+		;;
 	*-*-morphos*)
 		dnl Compiler TLS needs helpers that we don't want in the
 		dnl .library
 		enable_compiler_tls="no"
 		;;