diff --git a/src/starsphere/Makefile.mingw b/src/starsphere/Makefile.mingw
index eb2098626010557e32104e682e7854f2032a5ee4..5fca55ba7fa7f2c77e30731835e32c53489263c3 100644
--- a/src/starsphere/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/src/starsphere/Makefile.mingw
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ LIBS += -Wl,-Bdynamic
 LIBS += $(shell $(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/bin/sdl2-config --static-libs)
 LIBS += -lopengl32 -lglu32
 
-LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc
+LDFLAGS += -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++
 
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/include
 CPPFLAGS += $(shell $(STARSPHERE_INSTALL)/bin/sdl2-config --cflags)