diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0d86d261..1d737799 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ if(WIN32 AND SDL2IMAGE_BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     target_sources(SDL2_image PRIVATE
         src/version.rc
     )
+    if(MINGW)
+        target_link_options(SDL2_image PRIVATE -static-libgcc)
+    endif()
 endif()
 set_target_properties(SDL2_image PROPERTIES
     DEFINE_SYMBOL DLL_EXPORT