diff --git a/macros.mingw64 b/macros.mingw64
index 74b441a..4f219f5 100644
--- a/macros.mingw64
+++ b/macros.mingw64
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 %_mingw64_cflags          -O2 -g -pipe -Wall -fexceptions --param=ssp-buffer-size=4 -mms-bitfields
 
-%_mingw64_ldflags         -Wl,--exclude-libs=libintl.a -Wl,--exclude-libs=libiconv.a
+%_mingw64_ldflags         -Wl,--exclude-libs=libintl.a -Wl,--exclude-libs=libiconv.a -Wl,--no-keep-memory
 
 %_mingw64_classpath       %{_mingw64_datadir}/java/libgcj.jar:%{_mingw64_datadir}/java/libgcj-tools.jar