diff --git a/compile_min.sh b/compile_min.sh
index d90162cf4..bc43041e7 100755
--- a/compile_min.sh
+++ b/compile_min.sh
@@ -56,14 +56,14 @@ if test "$1" = "32"; then
   echo "configuring for 32 bit"
   echo
 # You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
-  ../configure --with-wingui --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice" CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s -lshlwapi -lpsapi"
+  ../configure --with-wingui --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice" CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s"
 else
    cd release
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release failed"; exit 1 ; fi
   echo "configuring for 64 bit"
   echo
 # You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
-  ../configure --with-wingui --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice64" CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s -lshlwapi -lpsapi"
+  ../configure --with-wingui --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice64" CFLAGS="-D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=1 -m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s"
 fi
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
 
diff --git a/compile_min_shared.sh b/compile_min_shared.sh
index d1fb3356f..7d880bdec 100644
--- a/compile_min_shared.sh
+++ b/compile_min_shared.sh
@@ -54,14 +54,14 @@ if test "$1" = "64"; then
   echo "configuring for 64 bit"
   echo
 # You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
-  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --enable-relpath --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice64" CFLAGS="-m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s -lshlwapi -lpsapi"
+  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --enable-relpath --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice64" CFLAGS="-m64 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m64 -s"
 else
    cd release-sh
    if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "cd release-sh failed"; exit 1 ; fi
   echo "configuring for 32 bit"
   echo
 # You may add  --enable-adms to the following command for adding adms generated devices 
-  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --enable-relpath --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice" CFLAGS="-m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s -lshlwapi -lpsapi"
+  ../configure --with-ngshared --enable-xspice --enable-cider --enable-openmp --enable-relpath --disable-debug prefix="C:/Spice" CFLAGS="-m32 -O2" LDFLAGS="-m32 -s"
 fi
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then  echo "../configure failed"; exit 1 ; fi
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9aaf51cc2..75fed3615 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -342,6 +342,12 @@ if test "x$with_ngshared" != x  &&  test "x$with_ngshared" != xno ; then
         *mingw* | *msys* )
             has_shwin=true
             has_no_help=true
+            AC_CHECK_FUNCS([PathIsRelativeA], [],
+                [AC_CHECK_LIB([shlwapi], [PathIsRelativeA],
+                    [LIBS="$LIBS -lshlwapi"])])
+            AC_CHECK_FUNCS([GetProcessMemoryInfo], [],
+                [AC_CHECK_LIB([psapi], [GetProcessMemoryInfo],
+                    [LIBS="$LIBS -lpsapi"])])
             ;;
         *cygwin* )
             has_shcyg=true