diff --git a/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c b/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
index e754a191424..1e02f1a84ce 100644
--- a/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
+++ b/tools/winegcc/winegcc.c
@@ -745,7 +745,15 @@ static void build(struct options* opts)
         for ( j = 0; j < lib_dirs->size; j++ )
             strarray_add(link_args, strmake("-L%s", lib_dirs->base[j]));
 
-        if (!opts->nostartfiles) add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "winecrt0");
+        if (!opts->nostartfiles)
+        {
+            add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "winecrt0");
+            if (!opts->nodefaultlibs)
+            {
+                add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "kernel32");
+                add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "ntdll");
+            }
+        }
         if (opts->shared && !opts->nostdlib) add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "wine");
         if (!opts->shared && opts->use_msvcrt && opts->target_platform == PLATFORM_CYGWIN)
             add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "msvcrt");
@@ -823,10 +831,18 @@ static void build(struct options* opts)
 	}
         add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "advapi32");
         add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "user32");
-        add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "kernel32");
     }
 
-    if (!opts->nostartfiles) add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "winecrt0");
+    if (!opts->nostartfiles)
+    {
+        add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "winecrt0");
+        if (!opts->nodefaultlibs)
+        {
+            if (opts->win16_app) add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "kernel");
+            add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "kernel32");
+            add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "ntdll");
+        }
+    }
     if (!opts->nostdlib) add_library(opts, lib_dirs, files, "wine");
 
     /* run winebuild to generate the .spec.o file */