--- Makefile.cross-linux-mingw	2017-12-11 17:46:55.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile.cross-linux-mingw.modified	2019-07-09 21:24:24.103504850 +0200
@@ -53,7 +53,12 @@
 C_COMPILER_OPTIMIZATION_OPTIONS ?= -Os -fomit-frame-pointer
 endif
 endif
+ifdef STATICBUILD
+# cheating a bit to get through
+C_COMPILER_SHARED_OPTIONS = -DPIC -DC_BUILDING_LIBCHICKEN
+else
 C_COMPILER_SHARED_OPTIONS = -DPIC
+endif
 LINKER_LINK_SHARED_LIBRARY_OPTIONS = -shared
 LIBRARIES = -lm -lws2_32
 LIBCHICKEN_SO_LINKER_OPTIONS = -Wl,--out-implib,lib$(PROGRAM_PREFIX)chicken$(PROGRAM_SUFFIX).dll.a