diff --git a/configure b/configure
index a2ad321e34..e38f20b60e 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2415,7 +2415,7 @@ case $target_os in
         SLIBSUF=".dll"
         SLIBNAME_WITH_VERSION='$(SLIBPREF)$(FULLNAME)-$(LIBVERSION)$(SLIBSUF)'
         SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR='$(SLIBPREF)$(FULLNAME)-$(LIBMAJOR)$(SLIBSUF)'
-        SLIB_EXTRA_CMD=-'$(DLLTOOL) -m $(LIBTARGET) -d $$(@:$(SLIBSUF)=.def) -l $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib)'
+        SLIB_EXTRA_CMD=-'$(DLLTOOL) -m $(LIBTARGET) -d $$(@:$(SLIBSUF)=.def) -l $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib) -D $(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR)'
         SLIB_INSTALL_EXTRA_CMD='-install -m 644 $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib) "$(SHLIBDIR)/$(SLIBNAME:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib)"; \
             install -m 644 $(SUBDIR)$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib) "$(SHLIBDIR)/$(SLIBNAME_WITH_MAJOR:$(SLIBSUF)=.lib)"; \
             install -d "$(LIBDIR)"; \