diff --git a/win32/GNUmakefile b/win32/GNUmakefile
index 3114cd2ab404..5f8f322116f2 100644
--- a/win32/GNUmakefile
+++ b/win32/GNUmakefile
@@ -1598,7 +1598,7 @@ endif
 
 $(PERLDLL): $(PERLEXPLIB) $(PERLDLL_OBJ) $(PERLDLL_RES) Extensions_static
 ifeq ($(CCTYPE),GCC)
-	$(LINK32) -mdll -o $@ $(BLINK_FLAGS) \
+	$(LINK32) -shared -o $@ $(BLINK_FLAGS) \
 	   $(PERLDLL_OBJ) $(shell type Extensions_static) $(LIBFILES) $(PERLEXPLIB)
 else
 	$(LINK32) -dll -out:$@ $(BLINK_FLAGS) \
diff --git a/win32/config.gc b/win32/config.gc
index 55280f61a1ed..4abd85395ffa 100644
--- a/win32/config.gc
+++ b/win32/config.gc
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ ivtype='long'
 known_extensions='~static_ext~ ~dynamic_ext~ ~nonxs_ext~'
 ksh=''
 ld='~ARCHPREFIX~g++'
-lddlflags='-mdll ~LINK_FLAGS~'
+lddlflags='-shared ~LINK_FLAGS~'
 ldflags='~LINK_FLAGS~'
 ldflags_uselargefiles=''
 ldlibpthname=''