diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 720f0ff..43d99bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ endif
 
 ifneq (,$(firstword $(filter %mingw32 %-windows-gnu %-cygwin %-cygnus,$(MACHINE))))
   EXE_SUFFIX := .exe
-  LIB_SUFFIX := .$(if $(subst 0,,$(SHARED)),dll,lib)
+  LIB_SUFFIX := .$(if $(subst 0,,$(SHARED)),dll,a)
 else
   LIB_SUFFIX := .$(if $(subst 0,,$(SHARED)),$(if $(findstring -apple-darwin,$(MACHINE)),dylib,so),a)
 endif