diff --git a/Make.rules.in b/Make.rules.in
index 05e82bd9548..057d9b83944 100644
--- a/Make.rules.in
+++ b/Make.rules.in
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ FONTFORGE = @FONTFORGE@
 RSVG      = @RSVG@
 ICOTOOL   = @ICOTOOL@
 CROSSCC   = @CROSSCC@
+CROSSTARGET = @CROSSTARGET@
+CROSSAR     = $(CROSSTARGET)-ar
+CROSSRANLIB = $(CROSSTARGET)-ranlib
 FAKEEXT   = $(DLLEXT:.so=.fake)
 INCLUDES     = -I$(SRCDIR) -I. -I$(TOPSRCDIR)/include -I$(TOPOBJDIR)/include $(EXTRAINCL)
 EXTRACFLAGS  = @EXTRACFLAGS@
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f856b23c2f9..9eabf3ce12b 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -653,7 +653,7 @@ X_PRE_LIBS
 X_CFLAGS
 XMKMF
 LIBPTHREAD
-CROSSTARGETFLAGS
+CROSSTARGET
 CROSSTEST
 CROSSCC
 CARBONLIB
@@ -6950,7 +6950,7 @@ test -n "$CROSSCC" || CROSSCC="false"
         done
         if test -n "$target"
         then
-            CROSSTARGETFLAGS="-b $target"
+            CROSSTARGET="$target"
 
         fi
     fi
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ef95fe79c30..4e9d26391c9 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ then
         done
         if test -n "$target"
         then
-            AC_SUBST(CROSSTARGETFLAGS,"-b $target")
+            AC_SUBST(CROSSTARGET,"$target")
         fi
     fi
 fi
diff --git a/dlls/Makedll.rules.in b/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
index 044d336e739..c3c8c67c202 100644
--- a/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
+++ b/dlls/Makedll.rules.in
@@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ $(MODULE) $(MODULE).so $(MODULE).fake: $(MAINSPEC) $(OBJS) Makefile.in
 
 # Rules for import libraries
 
+IMPLIB_CROSSOBJS = $(IMPLIB_OBJS:.o=.cross.o)
+
 .PHONY: implib $(IMPLIB_SRCS:%=__static_implib__%)
 
 all implib: $(IMPORTLIBFILE) $(IMPLIB_SRCS:%=__static_implib__%)
@@ -43,7 +45,10 @@ $(IMPORTLIB:%=lib%.def.a): $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
 $(IMPORTLIB:%=lib%.a): $(MAINSPEC) $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
-	$(WINEBUILD) $(IMPLIBFLAGS) @CROSSTARGETFLAGS@ -w --implib -o $@ --export $(SRCDIR)/$(MAINSPEC) $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
+	$(WINEBUILD) $(IMPLIBFLAGS) -w --implib -o $@ --export $(SRCDIR)/$(MAINSPEC) $(IMPLIB_OBJS)
+
+$(IMPORTLIB:%=lib%.cross.a): $(MAINSPEC) $(IMPLIB_CROSSOBJS)
+	$(WINEBUILD) $(IMPLIBFLAGS) $(CROSSTARGET:%=-b %) -w --implib -o $@ --export $(SRCDIR)/$(MAINSPEC) $(IMPLIB_CROSSOBJS)
 
 $(SUBDIRS): implib
 
diff --git a/dlls/Makeimplib.rules.in b/dlls/Makeimplib.rules.in
index 380101fa63d..da36eeebf1b 100644
--- a/dlls/Makeimplib.rules.in
+++ b/dlls/Makeimplib.rules.in
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ $(MODULE:%=lib%.a): $(OBJS) Makefile.in
 	$(AR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(OBJS)
 	$(RANLIB) $@
 
+$(MODULE:%=lib%.cross.a): $(CROSSOBJS) Makefile.in
+	$(RM) $@
+	$(CROSSAR) $(ARFLAGS) $@ $(CROSSOBJS)
+	$(CROSSRANLIB) $@
+
 # Rules for installation
 
 install install-dev:: $(MODULE:%=lib%.a) $(DESTDIR)$(dlldir)