diff --git a/acinclude.m4 b/acinclude.m4
index 1a43281a71..676aeb70b8 100644
--- a/acinclude.m4
+++ b/acinclude.m4
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES],
 ac_find_libraries=
 for ac_dir in $1 /usr/lib;
   do
-    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib; do
+    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib dll.a; do
       if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$2.$ac_extension"; then
         ac_find_libraries=$ac_dir
         break 2
diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
index 77bdeecaa8..fe02a2af9a 100644
--- a/aclocal.m4
+++ b/aclocal.m4
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([WX_PATH_FIND_LIBRARIES],
 ac_find_libraries=
 for ac_dir in $1 /usr/lib;
   do
-    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib; do
+    for ac_extension in a so sl dylib dll.a; do
       if test -f "$ac_dir/lib$2.$ac_extension"; then
         ac_find_libraries=$ac_dir
         break 2