diff --git a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
index 751627207..57fae5ee7 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
+++ b/winsup/utils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-10-29  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
+
+	* Makefile.in (ALL_LDFLAGS): Link libgcc statically for everything
+	here.
+
 2008-10-12  Christopher Faylor  <me+cygwin@cgf.cx>
 
 	* mingw: Set sawcfile when -xc* is detected.  Extend list of detected
diff --git a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
index 8d06cf2b9..9e3f8efdb 100644
--- a/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
+++ b/winsup/utils/Makefile.in
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ include $(srcdir)/../Makefile.common
 .PHONY: all install clean realclean warn_dumper warn_cygcheck_zlib
 
 ALL_LDLIBS     := -lnetapi32 -ladvapi32
-ALL_LDFLAGS    := -Wl,--enable-auto-import -B$(newlib_build)/libc -B$(w32api_lib) $(LDFLAGS) $(ALL_LDLIBS)
+ALL_LDFLAGS    := -static-libgcc -Wl,--enable-auto-import -B$(newlib_build)/libc -B$(w32api_lib) $(LDFLAGS) $(ALL_LDLIBS)
 ALL_DEP_LDLIBS := $(cygwin_build)/libcygwin.a ${patsubst -l%,\
                     $(w32api_lib)/lib%.a,$(ALL_LDLIBS) -lkernel32 -luser32}