diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/bfd/configure binutils-2.44/bfd/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/bfd/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:13.565758500 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/bfd/configure	2025-06-09 13:46:22.053170800 +0200
@@ -10234,7 +10234,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
@@ -15700,7 +15700,7 @@
   # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
   *-*-cygwin*)
     SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty $SHARED_LIBADD -lcygwin -lkernel32"
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty $SHARED_LIBADD -lmsys-2.0 -lkernel32"
   ;;
   esac
 
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/bfd/configure.ac binutils-2.44/bfd/configure.ac
--- binutils-2.44.orig/bfd/configure.ac	2025-06-09 13:35:13.581585800 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/bfd/configure.ac	2025-06-09 13:46:26.560489500 +0200
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@
   # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
   *-*-cygwin*)
     SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty $SHARED_LIBADD -lcygwin -lkernel32"
+    SHARED_LIBADD="-L`pwd`/../libiberty -liberty $SHARED_LIBADD -lmsys-2.0 -lkernel32"
   ;;
   esac
 
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/binutils/configure binutils-2.44/binutils/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/binutils/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:13.900221500 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/binutils/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.856983300 +0200
@@ -10160,7 +10160,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/binutils/dllwrap.c binutils-2.44/binutils/dllwrap.c
--- binutils-2.44.orig/binutils/dllwrap.c	2025-06-09 13:35:13.913981400 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/binutils/dllwrap.c	2025-06-09 13:45:33.943156000 +0200
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@
       switch (which_target)
 	{
 	case CYGWIN_TARGET:
-	  name_entry = "_cygwin_dll_entry";
+	  name_entry = "_msys_dll_entry";
 	  break;
 
 	case MINGW_TARGET:
@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@
 	{
 	  dyn_string_append_cstr (step_pre1, " --export-all --exclude-symbol=");
 	  dyn_string_append_cstr (step_pre1,
-	  "_cygwin_dll_entry@12,DllMainCRTStartup@12,DllMain@12,DllEntryPoint@12");
+	  "_cygwin_dll_entry@12,_msys_dll_entry@12,DllMainCRTStartup@12,DllMain@12,DllEntryPoint@12");
 	}
       dyn_string_append_cstr (step_pre1, " --output-def ");
       dyn_string_append_cstr (step_pre1, def_file_name);
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/gas/configure binutils-2.44/gas/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/gas/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:09.650029700 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/gas/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.866861000 +0200
@@ -9856,7 +9856,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/gprof/configure binutils-2.44/gprof/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/gprof/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.783368800 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/gprof/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.866861000 +0200
@@ -9732,7 +9732,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/gprofng/configure binutils-2.44/gprofng/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/gprofng/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.893513300 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/gprofng/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:25.007392200 +0200
@@ -11328,7 +11328,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
@@ -15005,7 +15005,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       ;;
     mingw* | cegcc*)
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/gprofng/libcollector/configure binutils-2.44/gprofng/libcollector/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/gprofng/libcollector/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.893513300 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/gprofng/libcollector/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:25.007392200 +0200
@@ -11173,7 +11173,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
@@ -14850,7 +14850,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       ;;
     mingw* | cegcc*)
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/ld/configure binutils-2.44/ld/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/ld/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.940525900 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/ld/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.863300800 +0200
@@ -10767,7 +10767,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
@@ -14444,7 +14444,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       ;;
     mingw* | cegcc*)
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/ld/pe-dll.c binutils-2.44/ld/pe-dll.c
--- binutils-2.44.orig/ld/pe-dll.c	2025-06-09 13:35:06.940525900 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/ld/pe-dll.c	2025-06-09 13:41:54.892543600 +0200
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_NULL_IMPORT_DESCRIPTOR") },
   /* Entry point symbols, and entry hooks.  */
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("cygwin_crt0") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("msys_crt0") },
 #ifdef pe_use_plus
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("DllMain") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("DllEntryPoint") },
@@ -220,6 +221,9 @@
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_cygwin_dll_entry") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_cygwin_crt0_common") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_cygwin_noncygwin_dll_entry") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_dll_entry") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_crt0_common") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_nonmsys_dll_entry") },
 #else
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("DllMain@12") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("DllEntryPoint@0") },
@@ -228,6 +232,10 @@
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_cygwin_crt0_common@8") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_cygwin_noncygwin_dll_entry@12") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("cygwin_attach_dll") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_dll_entry@12") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_crt0_common@8") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("_msys_nonmsys_dll_entry@12") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("msys_attach_dll") },
 #endif
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("cygwin_premain0") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("cygwin_premain1") },
@@ -369,6 +377,7 @@
 {
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libcegcc") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libcygwin") },
+  { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libmsys-2.0") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libgcc") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libgcc_s") },
   { STRING_COMMA_LEN ("libstdc++") },
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/libctf/configure binutils-2.44/libctf/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/libctf/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.614011200 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/libctf/configure	2025-06-09 13:40:37.911010000 +0200
@@ -12675,7 +12675,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
@@ -16884,7 +16884,7 @@
   # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
     *-*-cygwin*)
       SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-      CTF_LIBADD="$CTF_LIBADD -lcygwin"
+      CTF_LIBADD="$CTF_LIBADD -lmsys-2.0"
       ;;
   esac
 fi
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/libctf/configure.ac binutils-2.44/libctf/configure.ac
--- binutils-2.44.orig/libctf/configure.ac	2025-06-09 13:35:06.594992200 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/libctf/configure.ac	2025-06-09 13:40:42.132217100 +0200
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@
   # More hacks to build DLLs on Windows.
     *-*-cygwin*)
       SHARED_LDFLAGS="-no-undefined"
-      CTF_LIBADD="$CTF_LIBADD -lcygwin"
+      CTF_LIBADD="$CTF_LIBADD -lmsys-2.0"
       ;;
   esac
 fi
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/libsframe/configure binutils-2.44/libsframe/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/libsframe/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.485091300 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/libsframe/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.856983300 +0200
@@ -10642,7 +10642,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/libtool.m4 binutils-2.44/libtool.m4
--- binutils-2.44.orig/libtool.m4	2025-06-09 13:35:06.485091300 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/libtool.m4	2025-06-09 13:36:25.574875100 +0200
@@ -2263,7 +2263,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[[.]]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 m4_if([$1], [],[
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"])
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/opcodes/configure binutils-2.44/opcodes/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/opcodes/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.720535500 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/opcodes/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.864414100 +0200
@@ -10169,7 +10169,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;
diff -Nur binutils-2.44.orig/zlib/configure binutils-2.44/zlib/configure
--- binutils-2.44.orig/zlib/configure	2025-06-09 13:35:06.500766500 +0200
+++ binutils-2.44/zlib/configure	2025-06-09 13:36:24.856983300 +0200
@@ -9806,7 +9806,7 @@
     case $host_os in
     cygwin*)
       # Cygwin DLLs use 'cyg' prefix rather than 'lib'
-      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/cyg/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
+      soname_spec='`echo ${libname} | sed -e 's/^lib/msys-/'``echo ${release} | $SED -e 's/[.]/-/g'`${versuffix}${shared_ext}'
 
       sys_lib_search_path_spec="$sys_lib_search_path_spec /usr/lib/w32api"
       ;;