diff -Naur Python-2.7.9-orig/configure.ac Python-2.7.9/configure.ac
--- Python-2.7.9-orig/configure.ac	2014-12-11 13:49:57.831800000 +0300
+++ Python-2.7.9/configure.ac	2014-12-11 13:49:57.941000000 +0300
@@ -1890,6 +1890,9 @@
 	*)
 		enable_toolbox_glue="no";;
 	esac
+	case $host_os in
+	mingw*)    SHLIB_SUFFIX=.dll;;
+	esac
 fi
 case "$enable_toolbox_glue" in
 yes)
@@ -2035,6 +2038,16 @@
 	CYGWIN*)   SO=.dll;;
 	*)	   SO=.so;;
 	esac
+	case $host in
+	*-*-mingw*)
+	#NOTE: see _PyImport_DynLoadFiletab in dynload_win.c
+	if test "x$Py_DEBUG" = xtrue; then
+		SO=_d.pyd
+	else
+		SO=.pyd
+	fi
+	;;
+	esac
 else
 	# this might also be a termcap variable, see #610332
         echo
@@ -3035,6 +3048,12 @@
 	fi
 	;;
 	esac
+	case $host in
+	*-*-mingw*)
+	DYNLOADFILE="dynload_win.o"
+	extra_machdep_objs="$extra_machdep_objs PC/dl_nt.o PC/import_nt.o"
+	;;
+	esac
 fi
 AC_MSG_RESULT($DYNLOADFILE)
 if test "$DYNLOADFILE" != "dynload_stub.o"
diff -Naur Python-2.7.9-orig/Python/dynload_win.c Python-2.7.9/Python/dynload_win.c
--- Python-2.7.9-orig/Python/dynload_win.c	2014-12-10 18:59:59.000000000 +0300
+++ Python-2.7.9/Python/dynload_win.c	2014-12-11 13:49:57.941000000 +0300
@@ -11,9 +11,11 @@
 #include "importdl.h"
 #include <windows.h>
 
-// "activation context" magic - see dl_nt.c...
+#ifdef Py_ENABLE_SHARED
+/* "activation context" magic - see dl_nt.c... */
 extern ULONG_PTR _Py_ActivateActCtx();
 void _Py_DeactivateActCtx(ULONG_PTR cookie);
+#endif
 
 const struct filedescr _PyImport_DynLoadFiletab[] = {
 #ifdef _DEBUG
@@ -25,6 +27,10 @@
 };
 
 
+#if defined(__MINGW32__)
+/* avoid compile error: conflicting types for 'strcasecmp' */
+#  define strcasecmp fake_strcasecmp
+#endif
 /* Case insensitive string compare, to avoid any dependencies on particular
    C RTL implementations */
 
@@ -190,11 +196,15 @@
                             sizeof(pathbuf),
                             pathbuf,
                             &dummy)) {
+#ifdef Py_ENABLE_SHARED
             ULONG_PTR cookie = _Py_ActivateActCtx();
+#endif
             /* XXX This call doesn't exist in Windows CE */
             hDLL = LoadLibraryEx(pathname, NULL,
                                  LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH);
+#ifdef Py_ENABLE_SHARED
             _Py_DeactivateActCtx(cookie);
+#endif
         }
 
         /* restore old error mode settings */