diff --git a/make/defs.mk b/make/defs.mk
index 8b803e55..8bf76d37 100644
--- a/make/defs.mk
+++ b/make/defs.mk
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ VERSION               ?= $(shell cat $(TOPDIR)/VERSION)
 DIST_VERSION          ?= $(shell sed -e "s/-dev//" $(TOPDIR)/VERSION)
 HEX_VERSION            = $(shell echo $(DIST_VERSION) | \
 	sed 's/-dev//; s/pre[^\.]*//; s/F[^\.]//; s/[\.-]/ /g' | xargs printf "0x%02x%02x%02x%02x")
-DEVELOPMENT           ?= $(shell grep -q 'dev' $(TOPDIR)/VERSION && echo true)
+DEVELOPMENT           ?= $(shell echo $(VERSION) | grep -q 'dev' && echo true)
 USE_PROJECT_LIB       ?= true
 USE_YTOOLS            ?= true
 REENTRANT             ?= true
 USE_GFILTER           ?= true
-OS                    ?= $(shell sh $(MODDIR)/bin/get_os.sh)
+OS                    ?= $(shell sh $(MODDIR)/devutil/scripts/get_os.sh)
 
 ifneq ($(shell echo $(OS) | cut -d: -f1),suse-9)
 SYSCONFIG_FILE        ?= /etc/rc.config
@@ -34,11 +34,14 @@ CONFIG_FILE           ?= $(CONFIG_DIR)/$(PROJECT).conf
 
 export REENTRANT
 
+USE_CFG_XXX_MK        ?= true
+ifeq ($(USE_CFG_XXX_MK),true)
 ifeq ($(DEVELOPMENT),true)
 	include $(TOPDIR)/make/cfg_dev.mk
 else
 	include $(TOPDIR)/make/cfg_dist.mk
 endif
+endif
 
 OPTS_PID_FILE         ?= $(PIDDIR)/$(PROJECT).pid
 
@@ -50,6 +53,17 @@ ifndef LIBNAME
 	LIBNAME       := $(PROJECT)
 endif
 
+TARGET                ?= Linux
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET),mingw)
+CROSS_TOOL_DIR         = /opt/cross-tools
+CROSS_TOOL_BIN_PREFIX  = $(CROSS_TOOL_DIR)/bin/i386-mingw32-
+CC                     = $(CROSS_TOOL_BIN_PREFIX)gcc
+GPP                    = $(CROSS_TOOL_BIN_PREFIX)g++
+LDFLAGS               += -Wl,--out-implib
+endif
+
+
 YTOOLS_DIR             = $(MODDIR)
 WINVERSION             = $(shell echo $(VERSION) | sed -e "s/\./_/g")
 LOCAL_VERSION          = $(shell echo $(VERSION))
@@ -73,7 +87,7 @@ FTP_PCKG_DIR           = /pub/packages
 JANNET_PROJ_DIR        = rsync_ssh://ftp.jannet.de:/home/ftp/dat$(FTP_PCKG_DIR)
 CONFDIR                = $(MODDIR)/../conf
 
-CC                     = gcc
+CC                    ?= gcc
 
 GCC_VERSION            = $(shell  gcc -v 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{ print $$3;}')
 GCC_MAJOR              = $(shell  gcc -v 2>&1 | grep version | awk '{ split($$3,a,"."); print a[1];}')
@@ -226,14 +240,18 @@ else
     # LPPFLAGS          += -L/usr/local/gcc3.3/lib
   else
     ifeq ($(GCC_MAJOR),4) # -PIC is more a thing with AMD64, I think
-       CPPFLAGS       += -fPIC
-       CFLAGS         += -fPIC
+       ifeq ($(TARGET),Linux)
+         CPPFLAGS       += -fPIC
+         CFLAGS         += -fPIC
+       endif
     endif
   endif
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(LIBTYPE),shared)
+  ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 	LDFLAGS               += -rdynamic
+  endif
 endif
 
 # TODO: this shoud be only conditional, but breaks, because not all headers
diff --git a/make/exe.mk b/make/exe.mk
index 07fd28ba..61b0ca4d 100644
--- a/make/exe.mk
+++ b/make/exe.mk
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 # contact@jannet.de
 # $Id$
 
-EXE       ?= $(notdir $(shell pwd))
-
 include $(MODDIR)/make/run.mk
 include $(MODDIR)/make/depend.mk
 
diff --git a/make/proj.mk.in b/make/proj.mk.in
index d07fe037..075690c9 100644
--- a/make/proj.mk.in
+++ b/make/proj.mk.in
@@ -48,7 +48,16 @@ else
 	include $(TOPDIR)/make/cfg_dist.mk
 endif
 
-LDFLAGS += -lytools -ldl -pthread
+LDFLAGS += -lytools
+ifeq ($(TARGET),Linux)
+LDFLAGS += -ldl -pthread
+endif
+
+ifeq ($(TARGET),mingw)
+CFLAGS                += -D_USRDLL -DYTOOLS_EXPORTS
+CPPFLAGS              += -D_USRDLL -DYTOOLS_EXPORTS
+endif
+
 ARCH = @ARCH@
 
 LD_LIB_PATH=$(TOPDIR)/lib
@@ -56,6 +65,7 @@ LD_LIB_PATH=$(TOPDIR)/lib
 PROJECT_CFLAGS   += -gstabs+
 PROJECT_CPPFLAGS += -gstabs+
 
+ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 ifeq (@ARCH@,x86)
 PROJECT_LDFLAGS  += $(shell export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnome/lib/pkgconfig; pkg-config --libs glib-2.0)
 else
@@ -63,3 +73,4 @@ else
     PROJECT_LDFLAGS  += $(shell export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=/opt/gnome/lib64/pkgconfig; pkg-config --libs glib-2.0)
   endif
 endif
+endif
diff --git a/make/rules.mk b/make/rules.mk
index 25814d14..54f60309 100644
--- a/make/rules.mk
+++ b/make/rules.mk
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ else
   $(EXE) $(EXE_BIN): $(OBJ)
 endif
 	$(CC) $(sort $(OBJ)) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ 
+
+$(BUILD_BINDIR)/%: %
 	mkdir -p $(BUILD_BINDIR)
-	install -m 755 $@ $(BUILD_BINDIR)
+	install -m 755 $< $(BUILD_BINDIR)
 
 ifeq ($(USE_PROJECT_LIB),true)
   ifeq ($(LIBTYPE),shared)
diff --git a/make/run.mk b/make/run.mk
index 9a1b9d90..c19ecf17 100644
--- a/make/run.mk
+++ b/make/run.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@
 # $Id$
 
 ifeq ($(EXE),)
+ifneq ($(TARGET),mingw)
 EXE = $(notdir $(shell pwd))
+else
+EXE = $(notdir $(shell pwd)).exe
+endif
 endif
 
 include $(MODDIR)/make/defs.mk
@@ -22,7 +26,12 @@ valgrind:
 	valgrind ./$(EXE) $(EXE_ARGS)
 run:
 	rm -f $(CORE)
+ifeq ($(TARGET),mingw)
+	wine ./$(EXE) $(EXE_ARGS)
+else
 	./$(EXE) $(EXE_ARGS)
+endif
+
 stop:
 	killall ./$(EXE)
 kill: