diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index a223f9512fcef2a694d4c66790bf413bec62c41e..67179107c98fcfe7d759c39f8b5ee0339fac7f18 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ libopenocd_la_CPPFLAGS += $(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS)
 libopenocd_la_LDFLAGS = $(all_libraries)
 
 if IS_MINGW
-MINGWLDADD = -lwsock32
+MINGWLDADD = -lws2_32
 else
 MINGWLDADD =
 endif