diff --git a/src/link/Coff.zig b/src/link/Coff.zig
index a52892409ac9..cf691c4f122d 100644
--- a/src/link/Coff.zig
+++ b/src/link/Coff.zig
@@ -1832,6 +1832,10 @@ fn linkWithLLD(coff: *Coff, arena: Allocator, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id, prog_node:
         const linker_command = "lld-link";
         try argv.appendSlice(&[_][]const u8{ comp.self_exe_path.?, linker_command });
 
+        if (target.isMinGW()) {
+            try argv.append("-lldmingw");
+        }
+
         try argv.append("-ERRORLIMIT:0");
         try argv.append("-NOLOGO");
         if (comp.config.debug_format != .strip) {
@@ -2053,8 +2057,6 @@ fn linkWithLLD(coff: *Coff, arena: Allocator, tid: Zcu.PerThread.Id, prog_node:
             .win32 => {
                 if (link_in_crt) {
                     if (target.abi.isGnu()) {
-                        try argv.append("-lldmingw");
-
                         if (target.cpu.arch == .x86) {
                             try argv.append("-ALTERNATENAME:__image_base__=___ImageBase");
                         } else {