diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index caabd690cf..73d92088af 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -170,6 +170,8 @@ ifneq ($(findstring cygwin,$(BR2_GNU_BUILD_SUFFIX)),)
 HOST_EXEEXT:=.exe
 HOST_LIBEXT:=.lib
 HOST_SHREXT:=.dll
+HOST_LOADLIBES="-lcurses -lintl"
+export HOST_LOADLIBES
 endif
 ifneq ($(findstring mingw,$(BR2_GNU_BUILD_SUFFIX)),)
 HOST_EXEEXT:=.exe
diff --git a/package/config/Makefile b/package/config/Makefile
index beed4584aa..3af4bd8de6 100644
--- a/package/config/Makefile
+++ b/package/config/Makefile
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ host-cmulti := $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),\
 host-cobjs := $(sort $(foreach m,$(__hostprogs),$($(m)-objs)))
 
 $(host-csingle): %: %.c
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$@) $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $< -o $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$@) $< $(HOST_LOADLIBES) -o $@
 
 $(host-cmulti): %: $(host-cobjs) $(host-cshlib)
-	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$@) $(HOST_LOADLIBES) $($@-objs) -o $@
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$@) $($@-objs) $(HOST_LOADLIBES) -o $@
 
 $(host-cobjs): %.o: %.c
 	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$@) -c $< -o $@