diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 795d5cd..0f74a29 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
-# From configure.in Revision: 1.428 .
+# From configure.in Revision: 1.429 .
 # Guess values for system-dependent variables and create Makefiles.
 # Generated by GNU Autoconf 2.57 for python 2.4.
 #
@@ -3619,6 +3619,13 @@
         BASECFLAGS="$BASECFLAGS -pic"
         ;;
   esac
+else # shared is disabled
+  case $ac_sys_system in
+    CYGWIN*)
+          BLDLIBRARY='$(LIBRARY)'
+          LDLIBRARY='libpython$(VERSION).dll.a'
+          ;;
+  esac
 fi
 
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $LDLIBRARY" >&5
@@ -10192,6 +10199,11 @@
 			LINKFORSHARED="-Xlinker --export-dynamic"
 		    fi;;
 		  esac;;
+	CYGWIN*)
+		if test $enable_shared = "no"
+		then
+			LINKFORSHARED='-Wl,--out-implib=$(LDLIBRARY)'
+		fi;;
 	esac
 fi
 echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $LINKFORSHARED" >&5