2 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Configurations/platform/Unix.pm b/Configurations/platform/Unix.pm
index bb93d38f8c..f05ff67ad2 100644
--- a/Configurations/platform/Unix.pm
+++ b/Configurations/platform/Unix.pm
@@ -66,4 +66,8 @@ sub sharedlib_simple {
                                     $_[0]->shlibextsimple());
 }
 
+sub sharedlib_import {
+    return undef;
+}
+
 1;
diff --git a/Configurations/platform/mingw.pm b/Configurations/platform/mingw.pm
index 7dacb32a31..d525ae8e57 100644
--- a/Configurations/platform/mingw.pm
+++ b/Configurations/platform/mingw.pm
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ sub sharedname {
                                          ? "-x64" : ""));
 }
 
-# With Mingw and other DLL producers, there isn't really any "simpler"
-# shared library name.  However, there is a static import library, so
-# we return that instead.
+# With Mingw and other DLL producers, there isn't any "simpler" shared
+# library name.  However, there is a static import library.
 sub sharedlib_simple {
+    return undef;
+}
+
+sub sharedlib_import {
     return platform::BASE::__concat(platform::BASE->sharedname($_[1]),
                                     $_[0]->shlibextimport());
 }