diff --git a/src/Makefile.shlib b/src/Makefile.shlib
index a01d10be04..d33422c0c7 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -308,6 +308,7 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), unixware)
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
+  LINK.shared		= $(CC) -shared
   ifdef SO_MAJOR_VERSION
     shlib		= cyg$(NAME)$(DLSUFFIX)
   endif
@@ -398,6 +399,16 @@ else # PORTNAME == cygwin || PORTNAME == win32
 
 # If SHLIB_EXPORTS is set, the rules below will build a .def file from
 # that.  Else we build a temporary one here.
+ifeq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
+$(shlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS)  -shared -o $@  $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(SHLIB_LINK) $(LIBS) $(LDAP_LIBS_BE)
+
+$(stlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
+	$(LINK.static) $@ $^
+	$(RANLIB) $@
+
+
+else
 ifeq (,$(SHLIB_EXPORTS))
 DLL_DEFFILE = lib$(NAME)dll.def
 exports_file = $(DLL_DEFFILE)
@@ -414,6 +425,7 @@ $(shlib): $(OBJS) $(DLL_DEFFILE)
 $(stlib): $(shlib) $(DLL_DEFFILE)
 	$(DLLTOOL) --dllname $(shlib) $(DLLTOOL_LIBFLAGS) --def $(DLL_DEFFILE) --output-lib $@
 
+endif # PORTNAME == cygwin 
 endif # PORTNAME == cygwin || PORTNAME == win32
 
 endif # enable_shared
diff --git a/src/makefiles/Makefile.cygwin b/src/makefiles/Makefile.cygwin
index 1a5bdc85cd..44fa405518 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/Makefile.cygwin
+++ b/src/makefiles/Makefile.cygwin
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 # $PostgreSQL: pgsql/src/makefiles/Makefile.cygwin,v 1.15 2010/07/05 23:15:56 tgl Exp $
 DLLTOOL= dlltool
-DLLWRAP= dllwrap
 ifdef PGXS
 BE_DLLLIBS= -L$(libdir) -lpostgres
 else
@@ -40,6 +39,4 @@ endif
 
 # Rule for building a shared library from a single .o file
 %.dll: %.o
-	$(DLLTOOL) --export-all --output-def $*.def $<
-	$(DLLWRAP) -o $@ --def $*.def $< $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(BE_DLLLIBS)
-	rm -f $*.def
+	 $(CC) $(CFLAGS)  -shared -o $@ $<  $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(BE_DLLLIBS)