diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5d74f7c3..415d2917 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2018-08-14  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
+
+	* For the mingw builds, change the name of the DLL import library
+	from libqpdf.a to libqpdf.dll.a to avoid confusing it with a
+	static library. This potentially clears the way for supporting a
+	static library in the future, though presently, the qpdf Windows
+	build only builds the DLL and executables. Fixes #225.
+
 2018-08-13  Jay Berkenbilt  <ejb@ql.org>
 
 	* Add new class QPDFSystemError, derived from std::runtime_error,
diff --git a/make/installwin.mk b/make/installwin.mk
index f4bc411e..960cc51f 100644
--- a/make/installwin.mk
+++ b/make/installwin.mk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 DEST=$(INSTALL_DIR)/$(PACKAGE_TARNAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
+IMPORT_LIB_NAME := $(call libname,qpdf)
 installwin: all
 	$(RM) -r $(INSTALL_DIR)
 	mkdir $(INSTALL_DIR)
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ installwin: all
 	mkdir $(DEST)/include
 	mkdir $(DEST)/include/qpdf
 	mkdir $(DEST)/doc
-	cp libqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(STATIC_LIB_NAME) $(DEST)/lib
+	cp libqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/$(IMPORT_LIB_NAME) $(DEST)/lib
 	cp libqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/qpdf*.dll $(DEST)/bin
 	perl copy_dlls libqpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/qpdf*.dll $(DEST)/bin $(OBJDUMP) $(WINDOWS_WORDSIZE)
 	cp qpdf/$(OUTPUT_DIR)/qpdf.exe $(DEST)/bin
diff --git a/make/mingw.mk b/make/mingw.mk
index 00119d1a..fbfbee9e 100644
--- a/make/mingw.mk
+++ b/make/mingw.mk
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ LOBJ=o
 
 # Usage: $(call libname,base)
 define libname
-lib$(1).a
+lib$(1).dll.a
 endef
 
 # Usage: $(call binname,base)
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ endef
 #                       1    2       3       4    5       6        7
 # Usage: $(call makelib,objs,library,ldflags,libs,current,revision,age)
 define makelib
-	$(DLLTOOL) -l $(2) -D $$(basename `echo $(2) | sed -e 's,/lib\(.*\).a,/\1,'`$(shell expr $(5) - $(7)).dll) $(1); \
-	$(CXX) -shared -o `echo $(2) | sed -e 's,/lib\(.*\).a,/\1,'`$(shell expr $(5) - $(7)).dll \
+	$(DLLTOOL) -l $(2) -D $$(basename `echo $(2) | sed -e 's,/lib\(.*\).dll.a,/\1,'`$(shell expr $(5) - $(7)).dll) $(1); \
+	$(CXX) -shared -o `echo $(2) | sed -e 's,/lib\(.*\).dll.a,/\1,'`$(shell expr $(5) - $(7)).dll \
 		$(1) $(3) $(4)
 endef
 
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ endef
 # Install target
 
 INSTALL_DIR = install-mingw$(WINDOWS_WORDSIZE)
-STATIC_LIB_NAME = libqpdf.a
 include make/installwin.mk
 install: installwin
 	$(STRIP) $(DEST)/bin/*.exe
diff --git a/make/msvc.mk b/make/msvc.mk
index 3e061091..4af234c3 100644
--- a/make/msvc.mk
+++ b/make/msvc.mk
@@ -92,6 +92,5 @@ endef
 # Install target
 
 INSTALL_DIR = install-msvc$(WINDOWS_WORDSIZE)
-STATIC_LIB_NAME = qpdf.lib
 include make/installwin.mk
 install: installwin