diff --git a/Makefile.shared b/Makefile.shared
index 26ea561a72..69846a9534 100644
--- a/Makefile.shared
+++ b/Makefile.shared
@@ -308,6 +308,8 @@ link_a.cygwin:
 		base=; [ $(LIBNAME) = "crypto" ] && base=-Wl,--image-base,0x63000000; \
 	fi; \
 	dll_name=$$SHLIB$$SHLIB_SOVER$$SHLIB_SUFFIX; \
+	echo "$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mkrc.pl $$dll_name |" \
+		     "$(CROSS_COMPILE)windres $(SHARED_RCFLAGS) -o rc.o"; \
 	$(PERL) $(SRCDIR)/util/mkrc.pl $$dll_name | \
 		$(CROSS_COMPILE)windres $(SHARED_RCFLAGS) -o rc.o; \
 	extras="$$extras rc.o"; \