diff --git a/mingw32-winpthreads.spec b/mingw32-winpthreads.spec
index ae6c862..adaec30 100644
--- a/mingw32-winpthreads.spec
+++ b/mingw32-winpthreads.spec
@@ -58,6 +58,14 @@ mingw-w64's implementation of POSIX threads for Windows.
 %setup -q -n winpthreads
 
 %build
+# There build is trying to link with libpthread.a but it has no need
+# of any symbol from there, so just create a fake library and use it.
+mkdir fakelib
+pushd fakelib
+touch empty.c
+%{_mingw32_cc} -c empty.c
+%{_mingw32_ar} rsc libpthread.a empty.o
+popd
 %{_mingw32_configure} \
 	--disable-static \
 	--enable-shared