diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 9458a1d964..86a20445cf 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -4909,7 +4909,7 @@ fi
 
 exesuf() {
     case $1 in
-        mingw32*|mingw64*|msys*|win32|win64|cygwin*|*-dos|freedos|opendos|os/2*|symbian) echo .exe ;;
+        mingw32*|mingw64*|msys*|win32|win64|cygwin*|*-dos|freedos|opendos|os/2*|symbian|windows_nt) echo .exe ;;
     esac
 }