diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 16dd008..1da7eac 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ all debug: glew.lib glew.bin
 
 LIB.LDFLAGS        := $(LDFLAGS.EXTRA) $(LDFLAGS.GL)
 LIB.LIBS           := $(GL_LDFLAGS)
+LIB.SHARED.DIR     ?= lib
 
 LIB.SRCS           := src/glew.c
 LIB.SRCS.NAMES     := $(notdir $(LIB.SRCS))
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ LIB.SOBJS          := $(LIB.SOBJS:.c=.o)
 
 glew.lib: glew.lib.shared glew.lib.static
 
-glew.lib.shared: lib lib/$(LIB.SHARED) glew.pc
+glew.lib.shared: lib $(LIB.SHARED.DIR) $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED) glew.pc
 glew.lib.static: lib lib/$(LIB.STATIC) glew.pc
 
 .PHONY: glew.lib glew.lib.shared glew.lib.static
@@ -118,11 +119,11 @@ ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
 endif
 
-lib/$(LIB.SHARED): $(LIB.SOBJS)
+$(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED): $(LIB.SOBJS)
 	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS.SO) -o $@ $^ $(LIB.LDFLAGS) $(LIB.LIBS)
 ifneq ($(LN),)
-	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED) lib/$(LIB.SONAME)
-	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED) lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
+	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED) $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SONAME)
+	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED) $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
 endif
 ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
@@ -178,13 +179,13 @@ endif
 bin:
 	mkdir bin
 
-bin/$(GLEWINFO.BIN): $(GLEWINFO.BIN.OBJ) lib/$(LIB.SHARED)
+bin/$(GLEWINFO.BIN): $(GLEWINFO.BIN.OBJ) $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(GLEWINFO.BIN.OBJ) $(BIN.LIBS)
 ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
 endif
 
-bin/$(VISUALINFO.BIN): $(VISUALINFO.BIN.OBJ) lib/$(LIB.SHARED)
+bin/$(VISUALINFO.BIN): $(VISUALINFO.BIN.OBJ) $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ $(VISUALINFO.BIN.OBJ) $(BIN.LIBS)
 ifneq ($(STRIP),)
 	$(STRIP) -x $@
@@ -209,9 +210,9 @@ install.lib: glew.lib
 # runtime
 ifeq ($(filter-out mingw% cygwin,$(SYSTEM)),)
 	$(INSTALL) -d -m 0755 "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)"
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 lib/$(LIB.SHARED) "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/"
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0755 $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED) "$(DESTDIR)$(BINDIR)/"
 else
-	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 lib/$(LIB.SHARED) "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/"
+	$(INSTALL) -m 0644 $(LIB.SHARED.DIR)/$(LIB.SHARED) "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/"
 endif
 ifneq ($(LN),)
 	$(LN) $(LIB.SHARED) "$(DESTDIR)$(LIBDIR)/$(LIB.SONAME)"
diff --git a/config/Makefile.msys b/config/Makefile.msys
index b5187af..0c64c65 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.msys
+++ b/config/Makefile.msys
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ CFLAGS.EXTRA += -D_WIN32
 LDFLAGS.GL = -lopengl32 -lgdi32 -luser32 -lkernel32
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA =
 CFLAGS.EXTRA  += -fno-builtin -fno-stack-protector
-LDFLAGS.EXTRA += -nostdlib
+#LDFLAGS.EXTRA += -nostdlib
 LIBDIR = $(GLEW_DEST)/bin
 WARN = -Wall -W
 POPT = -O2
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@ BIN.SUFFIX = .exe
 LIB.SONAME    = lib$(NAME).dll
 LIB.DEVLNK    = lib$(NAME).dll.a   # for mingw this is the dll import lib
 LIB.SHARED    = $(NAME).dll
+LIB.SHARED.DIR = bin
 LIB.STATIC    = lib$(NAME).a       # the static lib will be broken
 LDFLAGS.SO    = -shared -Wl,-soname,$(LIB.SONAME) -Wl,--out-implib,lib/$(LIB.DEVLNK)
diff --git a/config/Makefile.msys-win64 b/config/Makefile.msys-win64
index c1c785a..4ca3cde 100644
--- a/config/Makefile.msys-win64
+++ b/config/Makefile.msys-win64
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 include config/Makefile.msys
 
 POPT := -mtune=generic -O2
-CFLAGS.EXTRA  += -m64
+CFLAGS.EXTRA  += -m64 -Wno-cast-function-type
 LDFLAGS.EXTRA += -m64