diff --git a/scripts/genie.lua b/scripts/genie.lua
index b1b435d521e..fd1e50e5f82 100644
--- a/scripts/genie.lua
+++ b/scripts/genie.lua
@@ -1132,10 +1132,14 @@ configuration { "osx* or xcode4" }
 		}
 
 configuration { "mingw*" }
+		local version = str_to_version(_OPTIONS["gcc_version"])
+		if not (_OPTIONS["gcc"]~=nil and string.find(_OPTIONS["gcc"], "clang")) or version < 40000
+		then
+			linkoptions {
+				"-static",
+			}
+		end
 		linkoptions {
-			"-static-libgcc",
-			"-static-libstdc++",
-			"-static",
 			"-Wl,--start-group",
 		}
 		links {