diff --git a/lib/std/start.zig b/lib/std/start.zig
index 01b33ba5f1..52de24257f 100644
--- a/lib/std/start.zig
+++ b/lib/std/start.zig
@@ -20,8 +20,9 @@ comptime {
     _ = root;
 
     if (builtin.output_mode == .Lib and builtin.link_mode == .dynamic) {
-        if (native_os == .windows and !@hasDecl(root, "_DllMainCRTStartup")) {
-            @export(&_DllMainCRTStartup, .{ .name = "_DllMainCRTStartup" });
+        const dll_main_crt_startup = if (builtin.abi.isGnu()) "DllMainCRTStartup" else "_DllMainCRTStartup";
+        if (native_os == .windows and !builtin.link_libc and !@hasDecl(root, dll_main_crt_startup)) {
+            @export(&DllMainCRTStartup, .{ .name = dll_main_crt_startup });
         }
     } else if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
         if (builtin.link_libc and @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
@@ -71,7 +72,7 @@ comptime {
     }
 }
 
-fn _DllMainCRTStartup(
+fn DllMainCRTStartup(
     hinstDLL: std.os.windows.HINSTANCE,
     fdwReason: std.os.windows.DWORD,
     lpReserved: std.os.windows.LPVOID,
diff --git a/src/codegen/llvm.zig b/src/codegen/llvm.zig
index 9e5f0deb43..4175293a2c 100644
--- a/src/codegen/llvm.zig
+++ b/src/codegen/llvm.zig
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@ pub const Object = struct {
                 if (name.eqlSlice("WinMainCRTStartup", ip)) flags.winmain_crt_startup = true;
                 if (name.eqlSlice("wWinMainCRTStartup", ip)) flags.wwinmain_crt_startup = true;
                 if (name.eqlSlice("DllMainCRTStartup", ip)) flags.dllmain_crt_startup = true;
+                if (name.eqlSlice("_DllMainCRTStartup", ip)) flags.dllmain_crt_startup = true;
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/link/Lld.zig b/src/link/Lld.zig
index 76dd85e332..51d40f7097 100644
--- a/src/link/Lld.zig
+++ b/src/link/Lld.zig
@@ -637,17 +637,7 @@ fn coffLink(lld: *Lld, arena: Allocator) !void {
                             try argv.append("-ALTERNATENAME:__image_base__=__ImageBase");
                         }
 
-                        if (is_dyn_lib) {
-                            try argv.append(try comp.crtFileAsString(arena, "dllcrt2.obj"));
-                            if (target.cpu.arch == .x86) {
-                                try argv.append("-ALTERNATENAME:__DllMainCRTStartup@12=_DllMainCRTStartup@12");
-                            } else {
-                                try argv.append("-ALTERNATENAME:_DllMainCRTStartup=DllMainCRTStartup");
-                            }
-                        } else {
-                            try argv.append(try comp.crtFileAsString(arena, "crt2.obj"));
-                        }
-
+                        try argv.append(try comp.crtFileAsString(arena, if (is_dyn_lib) "dllcrt2.obj" else "crt2.obj"));
                         try argv.append(try comp.crtFileAsString(arena, "libmingw32.lib"));
                     } else {
                         try argv.append(switch (comp.config.link_mode) {