diff --git a/mozilla/modules/libbz2/src/Makefile.in b/mozilla/modules/libbz2/src/Makefile.in
index 5c74ecdc149..094bb02cbdb 100644
--- a/mozilla/modules/libbz2/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/modules/libbz2/src/Makefile.in
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 MODULE		= libbz2
 LIBRARY_NAME	= bz2
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB= 1
+ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
+USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
+endif
 
 # This is defined by the bzip2-1.0.3 Makefile.  It appears to be used to
 # configure GLIBC to support large files.  This isn't something we care about
diff --git a/mozilla/modules/libmar/src/Makefile.in b/mozilla/modules/libmar/src/Makefile.in
index 6e417476b76..1594b6ad5aa 100644
--- a/mozilla/modules/libmar/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/modules/libmar/src/Makefile.in
@@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ MODULE		= libmar
 LIBRARY_NAME	= mar
 HOST_LIBRARY_NAME = hostmar
 FORCE_STATIC_LIB = 1
+ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
+USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
+endif
 
 # This makefile just builds support for reading archives.
 
diff --git a/mozilla/modules/libmar/tool/Makefile.in b/mozilla/modules/libmar/tool/Makefile.in
index ef90b81deff..7fd5be1fdfa 100644
--- a/mozilla/modules/libmar/tool/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/modules/libmar/tool/Makefile.in
@@ -44,6 +44,9 @@ VPATH		= @srcdir@
 include $(DEPTH)/config/autoconf.mk
 
 MODULE		= mar
+ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
+USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
+endif
 
 # The mar executable is output into dist/host/bin since it is something that
 # would only be used by our build system and should not itself be included in a
diff --git a/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/update/src/updater/Makefile.in b/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/update/src/updater/Makefile.in
index 6a1f37390c4..40d130b2dca 100644
--- a/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/update/src/updater/Makefile.in
+++ b/mozilla/toolkit/mozapps/update/src/updater/Makefile.in
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ LIBS += \
 	$(NULL)
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
+USE_STATIC_LIBS = 1
 HAVE_PROGRESSUI = 1
 RCINCLUDE = updater.rc
 CPPSRCS += progressui_win.cpp