diff --git a/configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86 b/configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86
index b6b0127c8..9923dfa78 100644
--- a/configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86
+++ b/configure/os/CONFIG.win32-x86.win32-x86
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ WARN_CFLAGS_NO =  /W1
 # /MD use MSVCRT (run-time as DLL, multi-thread support)
 # /GL whole program optimization
 # /Zi generate program database for debugging information
-OPT_CFLAGS_YES = /Ox /GL 
+OPT_CFLAGS_YES = /Ox /GL
 
 #
 # /Zi generate program database for debugging information
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ WARN_CXXFLAGS_NO =  /W1
 # /Ox maximum optimizations
 # /GL whole program optimization
 # /Zi generate program database for debugging information
-OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES = /Ox /GL 
+OPT_CXXFLAGS_YES = /Ox /GL
 
 #
 # /Zi generate program database for debugging information
@@ -300,6 +300,8 @@ LINK.cpp = $(WINLINK) -nologo $(STATIC_LDFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) $(PROD_LDFLAGS) -out:
 #
 ifeq ($(shell $(PERL) $(TOOLS)/useManifestTool.pl),1)
 MT_DLL_COMMAND = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#2
-MT_EXE_COMMAND = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#1
+MT_EXE_COMMAND_YES =
+MT_EXE_COMMAND_NO = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#1
+MT_EXE_COMMAND = $(MT_EXE_COMMAND_$(STATIC_BUILD))
 endif