diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 84b413dbfc..55d386c7bc 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   DSOSUF=".dll"
   # MinGW needs -mthreads for TLS and macro _MT.
   QEMU_CFLAGS="-mthreads $QEMU_CFLAGS"
-  LIBS="-lwinmm -lws2_32 -liphlpapi $LIBS"
+  LIBS="-lwinmm -lws2_32 $LIBS"
   write_c_skeleton;
   if compile_prog "" "-liberty" ; then
     LIBS="-liberty $LIBS"
@@ -6027,6 +6027,9 @@ case "$slirp" in
     mkdir -p slirp
     slirp_cflags="-I\$(SRC_PATH)/slirp/src -I\$(BUILD_DIR)/slirp/src"
     slirp_libs="-L\$(BUILD_DIR)/slirp -lslirp"
+    if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
+      slirp_libs="$slirp_libs -lws2_32 -liphlpapi"
+    fi
     ;;
 
   system)