diff --git a/macros.mingw64 b/macros.mingw64
index c3a7a9b..9785a56 100644
--- a/macros.mingw64
+++ b/macros.mingw64
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@
 
 %_mingw64_cflags          -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions -fno-omit-frame-pointer --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -mms-bitfields
 
+%_mingw64_ldflags         -Wl,--exclude-libs=libintl.a -Wl,--exclude-libs=libiconv.a
+
 %_mingw64_classpath       %{_mingw64_datadir}/java/libgcj.jar:%{_mingw64_datadir}/java/libgcj-tools.jar
 
 %_mingw64_cc              %{_mingw64_target}-gcc
@@ -83,6 +85,7 @@ package or when debugging this package.\
   unset _PREFIX; \
   CC="${MINGW64_CC:-%_mingw64_cc}"; export CC; \
   CFLAGS="${MINGW64_CFLAGS:-%_mingw64_cflags}"; export CFLAGS; \
+  LDFLAGS="${MINGW64_LDFLAGS:-%{_mingw64_ldflags}"; export LDFLAGS; \
   if [ -x "%{_bindir}/%{_mingw64_cxx}" ]; then \
     CXX="${MINGW64_CXX:-%_mingw64_cxx}"; export CXX; \
     CXXFLAGS="${MINGW64_CXXFLAGS:-%_mingw64_cflags}"; export CXXFLAGS; \