diff --git a/configure b/configure
index f1456f6..cd6c521 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@
 ar="${AR-${cross_prefix}ar}"
 as="${AS-${cross_prefix}as}"
 ccas="${CCAS-$cc}"
+dlltool="${DLLTOOL-${cross_prefix}dlltool}"
 objcopy="${OBJCOPY-${cross_prefix}objcopy}"
 ld="${LD-${cross_prefix}ld}"
 ranlib="${RANLIB-${cross_prefix}ranlib}"
@@ -1659,6 +1660,9 @@
 echo "PKG_CONFIG=${pkg_config}" >> contrib/plugins/$config_host_mak
 echo "CC=$cc $CPU_CFLAGS" >> contrib/plugins/$config_host_mak
 echo "CFLAGS=${CFLAGS-$default_cflags} $EXTRA_CFLAGS" >> contrib/plugins/$config_host_mak
+if test "$targetos" = windows; then
+  echo "DLLTOOL=$dlltool" >> contrib/plugins/$config_host_mak
+fi
 if test "$targetos" = darwin; then
   echo "CONFIG_DARWIN=y" >> contrib/plugins/$config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -1764,6 +1768,7 @@
   test -n "$cxx" && echo "cpp = [$(meson_quote $cxx $CPU_CFLAGS)]" >> $cross
   test -n "$objcc" && echo "objc = [$(meson_quote $objcc $CPU_CFLAGS)]" >> $cross
   echo "ar = [$(meson_quote $ar)]" >> $cross
+  echo "dlltool = [$(meson_quote $dlltool)]" >> $cross
   echo "nm = [$(meson_quote $nm)]" >> $cross
   echo "pkgconfig = [$(meson_quote $pkg_config)]" >> $cross
   echo "pkg-config = [$(meson_quote $pkg_config)]" >> $cross
@@ -1869,6 +1874,7 @@
 preserve_env CFLAGS
 preserve_env CXX
 preserve_env CXXFLAGS
+preserve_env DLLTOOL
 preserve_env LD
 preserve_env LDFLAGS
 preserve_env LD_LIBRARY_PATH