diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/test-ffi b/test-suite/standalone/test-ffi
index 0e6ab45d1..113a102cc 100755
--- a/test-suite/standalone/test-ffi
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/test-ffi
@@ -269,6 +269,9 @@ exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
                  ;; into linked DLLs. Thus one needs to link to the core
                  ;; C library DLL explicitly.
                  (dynamic-link "cygwin1"))
+                ((string-contains %host-type "mingw")
+                 ;; Also, no recursive search into linked DLLs in MinGW.
+                 (dynamic-link "msvcrt"))
                 (else
                  (dynamic-link))))
 
diff --git a/test-suite/standalone/test-foreign-object-scm b/test-suite/standalone/test-foreign-object-scm
index fd4669aa9..be3441c3e 100755
--- a/test-suite/standalone/test-foreign-object-scm
+++ b/test-suite/standalone/test-foreign-object-scm
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@ exec guile -q -s "$0" "$@"
                          ;; needs to link to the core C library DLL
                          ;; explicitly.
                          (dynamic-link "cygwin1"))
+                        ((string-contains %host-type "mingw")
+                         (dynamic-link "msvcrt"))
                         (else
                          (dynamic-link)))))
     (lambda (k . args)