diff --git a/dist/changes-5.0.1 b/dist/changes-5.0.1
index 479ac344cea..3d9a59dd0a4 100644
--- a/dist/changes-5.0.1
+++ b/dist/changes-5.0.1
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ Qt for Windows CE
 *                      Compiler Specific Changes                           *
 ****************************************************************************
 
+ - MinGW: Statically link runtime libraries into qmake
 
 ****************************************************************************
 *                          Tools                                           *
diff --git a/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
index 7bc24edef91..565d5d2d51e 100644
--- a/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
+++ b/qmake/Makefile.win32-g++
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ CFLAGS	    =	-c -o$@ -O \
 		-DQT_NO_THREAD -DQT_NO_QOBJECT -DQT_NO_GEOM_VARIANT -DQT_NO_DATASTREAM \
 		-DUNICODE
 CXXFLAGS    =   $(CFLAGS)
-LFLAGS      = -static-libgcc -s
+LFLAGS      = -static -s
 LIBS	    = -lole32 -luuid -ladvapi32 -lkernel32
 LINKQMAKE   =	g++ $(LFLAGS) -o qmake.exe $(OBJS) $(QTOBJS) $(LIBS)
 ADDCLEAN    =