diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 654d7fa0..cb16ee51 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ set_target_properties(espeak-ng-bin PROPERTIES OUTPUT_NAME espeak-ng)
 target_link_libraries(
   espeak-ng-bin PRIVATE espeak-ng espeak-ng-config
 )
+if (MINGW)
+  target_link_options(espeak-ng-bin PRIVATE "-static-libstdc++" "-static")
+endif()
 if (MSVC)
   target_sources(espeak-ng-bin PRIVATE compat/getopt.c)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/CMakeLists.txt b/src/libespeak-ng/CMakeLists.txt
index 54cceb70..63f0d48c 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -108,4 +108,8 @@ if ((MINGW OR WIN32 OR MSVC) AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
   )
 endif()
 
+if (MINGW)
+  target_link_options(espeak-ng PRIVATE "-static-libstdc++" "-static")
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS espeak-ng LIBRARY)
diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 849f7bc0..1c3832cf 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ macro(compiled_test _test_name)
     $<TARGET_PROPERTY:espeak-ng,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
     $<TARGET_PROPERTY:espeak-ng-config,INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES>
   )
+  if (MINGW)
+    target_link_options(test_${_test_name} PUBLIC "-static" "-static-libstdc++")
+  endif()
   add_dependencies(test_${_test_name} data)
   add_test(
     NAME ${_test_name}