diff --git a/libs/drmingw/include/exchndl.h b/libs/drmingw/include/exchndl.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..37dafb88e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libs/drmingw/include/exchndl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 Jose Fonseca
+ *
+ * This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+ * version 2.1 of the License.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
+ */
+
+
+#pragma once
+
+
+#include <windows.h>
+
+
+// Set the unhandled exception handler.
+// Must be called when exchndll.dll is statically loaded (as opposed to loaded
+// dynamically via LoadLibrary)
+EXTERN_C VOID APIENTRY
+ExcHndlInit(void);
+
+
+// Override the report file name.
+//
+// Default is prog_name.RPT, in the same directory as the main executable.
+//
+// You can also pass "-" for stderr.
+EXTERN_C BOOL APIENTRY
+ExcHndlSetLogFileNameA(const char *szLogFileName);
diff --git a/libs/drmingw/lib/win32/libexchndl.a b/libs/drmingw/lib/win32/libexchndl.a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd462a0df
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diff --git a/libs/drmingw/lib/win32/libmgwhelp.a b/libs/drmingw/lib/win32/libmgwhelp.a
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..330cb52fe
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diff --git a/src/sdl/i_main.c b/src/sdl/i_main.c
index a2ce653ec..e6644ec51 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_main.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_main.c
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ char  logfilename[1024];
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if defined (_WIN32)
+#include "exchndl.h"
+#endif
+
 #if defined (_WIN32)
 #include "../win32/win_dbg.h"
 typedef BOOL (WINAPI *p_IsDebuggerPresent)(VOID);
@@ -170,7 +174,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			)
 #endif
 		{
-			LoadLibraryA("exchndl.dll");
+			ExcHndlInit();
 		}
 	}
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
diff --git a/src/win32/Makefile.cfg b/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
index 935b27222..e9e18280b 100644
--- a/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
+++ b/src/win32/Makefile.cfg
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@ else
 endif
 endif
 
+ifndef MINGW64
+	CPPFLAGS+=-I../libs/drmingw/include
+	LDFLAGS+=-L../libs/drmingw/lib/win32
+	LIBS+=-lmgwhelp -lexchndl
+endif
+
 	# name of the exefile
 ifdef SDL
 	EXENAME?=srb2kart.exe