diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index db1e363a..089132f6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ if (_GLFW_WIN32_WGL)
     list(APPEND glfw_INCLUDE_DIRS ${OPENGL_INCLUDE_DIR})
     list(APPEND glfw_LIBRARIES ${OPENGL_gl_LIBRARY})
 
+    set(_GLFW_NO_DLOAD_GDI32 ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+    set(_GLFW_NO_DLOAD_WINMM ${BUILD_SHARED_LIBS})
+
     if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
         list(APPEND glfw_LIBRARIES winmm)
     endif()
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b8a26e3..01ff500c 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
     if (_GLFW_WIN32_WGL)
         # The GLFW DLL needs a special compile-time macro and import library name
         set_target_properties(glfw PROPERTIES 
-                              COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "_GLFW_NO_DLOAD_GDI32;_GLFW_NO_DLOAD_WINMM"
                               PREFIX ""
                               IMPORT_PREFIX ""
                               IMPORT_SUFFIX "dll.lib")
diff --git a/src/config.h.in b/src/config.h.in
index c21212e7..b099dd9b 100644
--- a/src/config.h.in
+++ b/src/config.h.in
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@
 // Define this to 1 if building as a shared library / dynamic library / DLL
 #cmakedefine _GLFW_BUILD_DLL       1
 
+// Define this to 1 to disable dynamic loading of gdi32
+#cmakedefine _GLFW_NO_DLOAD_GDI32  1
+// Define this to 1 to disable dynamic loading of winmm
+#cmakedefine _GLFW_NO_DLOAD_WINMM  1
+
 // Define this to 1 if XRandR is available
 #cmakedefine _GLFW_HAS_XRANDR      1
 // Define this to 1 if Xf86VidMode is available