diff --git a/src/Makefile.shlib b/src/Makefile.shlib
index 63d5d9e8ee..f20ffac375 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.shlib
+++ b/src/Makefile.shlib
@@ -353,12 +353,11 @@ ifeq ($(PORTNAME), cygwin)
 # Cygwin case
 
 $(shlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS)  -shared -o $@  $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(SHLIB_LINK) $(LIBS) $(LDAP_LIBS_BE)
+	$(CC) $(CFLAGS)  -shared -o $@ -Wl,--out-implib=$(stlib) $(OBJS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS_SL) $(SHLIB_LINK) $(LIBS) $(LDAP_LIBS_BE)
 
-$(stlib): $(OBJS) | $(SHLIB_PREREQS)
-	rm -f $@
-	$(LINK.static) $@ $^
-	$(RANLIB) $@
+# see notes in src/backend/parser/Makefile  about use of this type of rule
+$(stlib): $(shlib)
+	touch $@
 
 else