diff --git a/cc/config/x86_windows_host.go b/cc/config/x86_windows_host.go
index 0f500b6fb..43e8c85e8 100644
--- a/cc/config/x86_windows_host.go
+++ b/cc/config/x86_windows_host.go
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ var (
 		"-m32",
 		"-Wl,--large-address-aware",
 		"-L${WindowsGccRoot}/${WindowsGccTriple}/lib32",
+		"-static-libgcc",
 	}
 	windowsX86ClangLdflags = append(ClangFilterUnknownCflags(windowsX86Ldflags), []string{
 		"-B${WindowsGccRoot}/${WindowsGccTriple}/bin",
@@ -86,6 +87,7 @@ var (
 		"-m64",
 		"-L${WindowsGccRoot}/${WindowsGccTriple}/lib64",
 		"-Wl,--high-entropy-va",
+		"-static-libgcc",
 	}
 	windowsX8664ClangLdflags = append(ClangFilterUnknownCflags(windowsX8664Ldflags), []string{
 		"-B${WindowsGccRoot}/${WindowsGccTriple}/bin",