diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index cd1c5705c..6ecb2bbad 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+2010-09-18 Holger Vogt
+ * src/XSPICE/icm/makedefs.in: external LDFLAGS enabled for MINGW
+
 2010-09-18  Robert Larice
  * contrib/mslib/liblook ,
  * contrib/mslib/libprm ,
diff --git a/src/xspice/icm/makedefs.in b/src/xspice/icm/makedefs.in
index 5dad7b0fc..c1bfbd69d 100644
--- a/src/xspice/icm/makedefs.in
+++ b/src/xspice/icm/makedefs.in
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ CMPP = $(TOPDIR)$(top_builddir)/src/xspice/cmpp/cmpp
 
 # Flags to use when linking shared library
 LDFLAGS = -shared
+ifeq ($(ISMINGW), 1)
+  LDFLAGS = -shared @LDFLAGS@
+endif
 ifeq "$(strip $(uname))" "Darwin"
   LDFLAGS = -bundle -flat_namespace -undefined suppress
 endif