diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 35fb4ac6dad..85f27b75014 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ X_PRE_LIBS
 X_CFLAGS
 XMKMF
 LIBPTHREAD
+CROSSTARGETFLAGS
 CROSSTEST
-CROSSWINDRES
 CROSSCC
 CARBONLIB
 COREAUDIO
@@ -8199,49 +8199,6 @@ fi
 done
 test -n "$DLLTOOL" || DLLTOOL="false"
 
-    for ac_prog in $host_cpu-pc-mingw32-windres i586-mingw32msvc-windres i386-mingw32msvc-windres i686-mingw32-windres i586-mingw32-windres i486-mingw32-windres i386-mingw32-windres mingw32-windres i686-pc-mingw32-windres mingw-windres
-do
-  # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
-set dummy $ac_prog; ac_word=$2
-{ $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: checking for $ac_word" >&5
-$as_echo_n "checking for $ac_word... " >&6; }
-if test "${ac_cv_prog_CROSSWINDRES+set}" = set; then
-  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
-else
-  if test -n "$CROSSWINDRES"; then
-  ac_cv_prog_CROSSWINDRES="$CROSSWINDRES" # Let the user override the test.
-else
-as_save_IFS=$IFS; IFS=$PATH_SEPARATOR
-for as_dir in $PATH
-do
-  IFS=$as_save_IFS
-  test -z "$as_dir" && as_dir=.
-  for ac_exec_ext in '' $ac_executable_extensions; do
-  if { test -f "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" && $as_test_x "$as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext"; }; then
-    ac_cv_prog_CROSSWINDRES="$ac_prog"
-    $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: found $as_dir/$ac_word$ac_exec_ext" >&5
-    break 2
-  fi
-done
-done
-IFS=$as_save_IFS
-
-fi
-fi
-CROSSWINDRES=$ac_cv_prog_CROSSWINDRES
-if test -n "$CROSSWINDRES"; then
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: $CROSSWINDRES" >&5
-$as_echo "$CROSSWINDRES" >&6; }
-else
-  { $as_echo "$as_me:$LINENO: result: no" >&5
-$as_echo "no" >&6; }
-fi
-
-
-  test -n "$CROSSWINDRES" && break
-done
-test -n "$CROSSWINDRES" || CROSSWINDRES="false"
-
     for ac_prog in $host_cpu-pc-mingw32-ar i586-mingw32msvc-ar i386-mingw32msvc-ar i686-mingw32-ar i586-mingw32-ar i486-mingw32-ar i386-mingw32-ar mingw32-ar i686-pc-mingw32-ar mingw-ar
 do
   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
@@ -8289,6 +8246,8 @@ test -n "$MINGWAR" || MINGWAR="false"
     then
         CROSSTEST="\$(CROSSTEST)"
 
+        CROSSTARGETFLAGS="-b `expr $CROSSCC : '\(.*\)-gcc'`"
+
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 9fc8936db40..001c3122315 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -679,11 +679,11 @@ if test "$cross_compiling" = "no" -a "$LIBEXT" != "dll"
 then
     WINE_CHECK_MINGW_PROG(CROSSCC,gcc,false)
     WINE_CHECK_MINGW_PROG(DLLTOOL,dlltool,false)
-    WINE_CHECK_MINGW_PROG(CROSSWINDRES,windres,false)
     WINE_CHECK_MINGW_PROG(MINGWAR,ar,false)
     if test "$CROSSCC" != "false"
     then
         AC_SUBST(CROSSTEST,"\$(CROSSTEST)")
+        AC_SUBST(CROSSTARGETFLAGS,"-b `expr $CROSSCC : '\(.*\)-gcc'`")
     fi
 fi
 
diff --git a/dlls/Maketest.rules.in b/dlls/Maketest.rules.in
index 7ea8372b0bd..0ff50d95a95 100644
--- a/dlls/Maketest.rules.in
+++ b/dlls/Maketest.rules.in
@@ -22,9 +22,8 @@ ALL_LIBS     = $(IMPORTS:%=-l%) $(EXTRALIBS) $(LDFLAGS) $(LIBS)
 EXTRA_OBJS   = testlist.o
 
 CROSSTEST    = $(TESTDLL:%.dll=%)_crosstest.exe
-CROSSOBJS    = $(C_SRCS:.c=.cross.o) $(RC_SRCS:.rc=.res.cross.o) $(BISON_SRCS:.y=.tab.cross.o) $(LEX_SRCS:.l=.yy.cross.o) $(IDL_GEN_C_SRCS:.c=.cross.o) testlist.cross.o
 CROSSCC      = @CROSSCC@
-CROSSWINDRES = @CROSSWINDRES@
+CROSSWINEGCC = $(TOOLSDIR)/tools/winegcc/winegcc @CROSSTARGETFLAGS@ -B$(TOOLSDIR)/tools/winebuild --sysroot=$(TOPOBJDIR)
 
 @MAKE_RULES@
 
@@ -48,18 +47,17 @@ $(TESTRESULTS): $(MODULE)$(DLLEXT) ../$(TESTDLL)$(DLLEXT)
 
 # Rules for cross-compiling tests
 
-.SUFFIXES: .cross.o .res.cross.o
+CROSSOBJS = $(OBJS:.o=.cross.o) $(RC_SRCS:.rc=.res)
+
+.SUFFIXES: .cross.o
 
 .c.cross.o:
 	$(CROSSCC) -c $(INCLUDES) $(DEFS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $<
 
-.res.res.cross.o:
-	$(CROSSWINDRES) -i $< -o $@
-
 crosstest:: @CROSSTEST@
 
 $(CROSSTEST): $(CROSSOBJS) Makefile.in
-	$(CROSSCC) $(CROSSOBJS) -o $@ -L$(DLLDIR) $(IMPORTS:%=-L$(DLLDIR)/%) $(ALL_LIBS)
+	$(CROSSWINEGCC) $(CROSSOBJS) -o $@ $(ALL_LIBS)
 
 $(CROSSOBJS): $(IDL_GEN_HEADERS)