# HG changeset patch
# Parent  f264df6081a4d694dbdac14fbe6568b2d77eca56

diff --git a/gcc/Makefile.in b/gcc/Makefile.in
--- a/gcc/Makefile.in
+++ b/gcc/Makefile.in
@@ -1041,12 +1041,15 @@ ALL_COMPILERFLAGS = $(ALL_CXXFLAGS)
 # This is the variable to use when using $(LINKER).
 ALL_LINKERFLAGS = $(ALL_CXXFLAGS)
 
 # Build and host support libraries.
 
-# Use the "pic" build of libiberty if --enable-host-shared.
-ifeq ($(enable_host_shared),yes)
+# Use the "pic" build of libiberty if --enable-host-shared,
+# except when building for a mingw target, in which case the
+# regular libiberty.a is position independent anyway, and
+# the pic variant is neither required, nor supported.
+ifeq ($(if $(findstring mingw,$(target)),never,$(enable_host_shared)),yes)
 LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/pic/libiberty.a
 BUILD_LIBIBERTY = $(build_libobjdir)/libiberty/pic/libiberty.a
 else
 LIBIBERTY = ../libiberty/libiberty.a
 BUILD_LIBIBERTY = $(build_libobjdir)/libiberty/libiberty.a