diff --git a/Rakefile.rb b/Rakefile.rb
index 25d9b1d..317238d 100644
--- a/Rakefile.rb
+++ b/Rakefile.rb
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ base_env = Rscons::Environment.new do |env|
   if RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /cygwin/
     env["CC"] = "i686-pc-mingw32-gcc"
     env["CXX"] = "i686-pc-mingw32-g++"
+    env["LDFLAGS"] += ["-static-libgcc", "-static-libstdc++"]
     ruby_location = ENV["RUBY_PATH"] || "/cygdrive/c/Ruby193"
     sdl2_location = ENV["SDL2_PATH"] || "/cygdrive/c/apps/SDL2"
     freetype_location = ENV["FREETYPE_PATH"] || "/cygdrive/c/apps/freetype"