--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
 # Naming convention for dynamically loadable modules
 shlib		= $(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX)
 endif
-stlib		= lib$(NAME).a
+stlib		= lib$(NAME).dll.a
 
 ifndef soname
 # additional flags for backend modules
--- a/src/backend/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/Makefile
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@
 LIBS += -lsecur32
 
 postgres: $(OBJS) $(WIN32RES)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.a $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(call expand_subsys,$(OBJS)) $(WIN32RES) $(LDFLAGS) -Wl,--stack=$(WIN32_STACK_RLIMIT) -Wl,--export-all-symbols -Wl,--out-implib=libpostgres.dll.a $(LIBS) -o $@$(X)
 
 # libpostgres.a is actually built in the preceding rule, but we need this to
 # ensure it's newer than postgres; see notes in src/backend/parser/Makefile
-libpostgres.a: postgres
+libpostgres.dll.a: postgres
 	touch $@
 
 endif # win32
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@
 endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 ifeq ($(MAKE_DLL), true)
-	$(INSTALL_DATA) libpostgres.a '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpostgres.a'
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) libpostgres.dll.a '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpostgres.dll.a'
 endif
 endif
 	$(MAKE) -C catalog install-data
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@
 endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
 ifeq ($(MAKE_DLL), true)
-	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpostgres.a'
+	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(libdir)/libpostgres.dll.a'
 endif
 endif
 	$(MAKE) -C catalog uninstall-data
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@
 	rm -f postgres.dll libpostgres.a
 endif
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), win32)
-	rm -f postgres.dll libpostgres.a $(WIN32RES)
+	rm -f postgres.dll libpostgres.dll.a $(WIN32RES)
 endif
 
 distclean: clean