diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 8db960473..9d893f68f 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -334,6 +334,15 @@ if WINGUI
 LIBS += -lpsapi
 endif
 
+if WINCONSOLE
+LIBS += -lpsapi
+endif
+
+## FIXME: Should be allwed, but fails within MSYS2
+#if SHWIN
+#LIBS += -lpsapi
+#endif
+
 CLEANFILES = ngspice.idx spinit tclspinit pkgIndex.tcl
 
 MAINTAINERCLEANFILES = Makefile.in
diff --git a/src/frontend/resource.c b/src/frontend/resource.c
index bda68d1e7..1d1dd47a1 100644
--- a/src/frontend/resource.c
+++ b/src/frontend/resource.c
@@ -479,7 +479,8 @@ fprintmem(FILE *stream, unsigned long long memory) {
 static int get_procm(struct proc_mem *memall) {
 
 #if defined(_MSC_VER) || defined(__MINGW32__)
-#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500) && defined(HAS_WINGUI)
+    /* FIXME: shared module should be allowed, but currently does not link to psapi within MINGW/MSYS2 */
+#if (_WIN32_WINNT >= 0x0500) && (!defined(SHARED_MODULE) || _MSC_VER)
 /* Use Windows API function to obtain size of memory - more accurate */
     HANDLE hProcess;
     PROCESS_MEMORY_COUNTERS pmc;