diff --git a/misc/cgo/life/life.go b/misc/cgo/life/life.go
index bbec4c56fa..a99929b4af 100644
--- a/misc/cgo/life/life.go
+++ b/misc/cgo/life/life.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 
 package life
 
+// #cgo windows LDFLAGS: -lmsvcrt
 // #include "life.h"
 import "C"