diff --git a/ext/extconf.rb b/ext/extconf.rb
index 6d925dab..3e5830d5 100644
--- a/ext/extconf.rb
+++ b/ext/extconf.rb
@@ -14,9 +14,13 @@
 
 $CXXFLAGS << ' -std=c++11'
 
+# devkit tools aren't usually available on Windows
+# use a static build so we won't need a compiler available at runtime
+# see: https://github.com/sass/sassc-ruby/issues/182
+enable_static_by_default = RUBY_ENGINE == "jruby" && (RbConfig::CONFIG['host_os'] =~ /mswin|windows|mingw/i)
 # Set to true when building binary gems
-if enable_config('static-stdlib', false)
-  $LDFLAGS << ' -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++'
+if enable_config('static-stdlib', enable_static_by_default)
+  $LDFLAGS << ' -static'
 end
 
 if enable_config('march-tune-native', false)