diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 53bdd6763..8ff962a14 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ ver 0.21.1 (not yet released)
   - ffmpeg: fix build failure with non-standard FFmpeg installation path
 * fix build failure on Linux-PowerPC
 * fix build failure on FreeBSD
+* eliminate DLL dependencies on Windows
 
 ver 0.21 (2018/10/31)
 * configuration
diff --git a/win32/build.py b/win32/build.py
index 32027a64b..0e09003fe 100755
--- a/win32/build.py
+++ b/win32/build.py
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ class CrossGccToolchain:
         self.cxxflags = common_flags
         self.cppflags = '-isystem ' + os.path.join(install_prefix, 'include') + \
                         ' -DWINVER=0x0600 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600'
-        self.ldflags = '-L' + os.path.join(install_prefix, 'lib')
+        self.ldflags = '-L' + os.path.join(install_prefix, 'lib') + \
+                       ' -static-libstdc++ -static-libgcc'
         self.libs = ''
 
         self.is_arm = arch.startswith('arm')