diff --git a/platformLibs/src/platform/mingw/windows.def b/platformLibs/src/platform/mingw/windows.def
index 8724dc33a0c..3403be30cbc 100644
--- a/platformLibs/src/platform/mingw/windows.def
+++ b/platformLibs/src/platform/mingw/windows.def
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ headers = wtypes.h minwindef.h windows.h commctrl.h dwmapi.h shlobj.h shlwapi.h
     urlmon.h usp10.h uxtheme.h vfw.h wininet.h winsock2.h ws2tcpip.h ws2def.h
 compilerOpts = -DUNICODE -DWINVER=0x0601 -D_WIN32_WINNT=0x0601 -DWINAPI_FAMILY=3 -DOEMRESOURCE \
     -Wno-incompatible-pointer-types -Wno-deprecated-declarations
-linkerOpts = -lcomctl32 -lcrypt32 -lshlwapi -lshell32 -limm32 -lusp10 -lwininet -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
+linkerOpts = -lcomctl32 -lcrypt32 -lshlwapi -lshell32 -limm32 -lusp10 -lwininet -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32 -lbcrypt
 noStringConversion = LoadCursorA LoadBitmapA LoadIconA LoadImageA LoadCursorW LoadBitmapW LoadIconW LoadImageW
 depends = posix