diff --git a/configure b/configure
index d1ce33bc79..07018e0a0b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3066,6 +3066,13 @@ if test "$modules" = yes; then
     glib_modules="$glib_modules gmodule-2.0"
 fi
 
+# This workaround is required due to a bug in pkg-config file for glib as it
+# doesn't define GLIB_STATIC_COMPILATION for pkg-config --static
+
+if test "$static" = yes -a "$mingw32" = yes; then
+    QEMU_CFLAGS="-DGLIB_STATIC_COMPILATION $QEMU_CFLAGS"
+fi
+
 for i in $glib_modules; do
     if $pkg_config --atleast-version=$glib_req_ver $i; then
         glib_cflags=$($pkg_config --cflags $i)