diff --git a/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go b/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
index 81a09f04b2..dcb3e7eda8 100644
--- a/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
+++ b/libflux/go/libflux/link_static.go
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ package libflux
 
 // #cgo pkg-config: --static flux
 // #cgo LDFLAGS: -static
+// #cgo LDFLAGS: -lntdll
 import "C"