diff --git a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
index 764f16e7a0af6d..713741a5d03d1c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/google/devtools/build/lib/rules/cpp/LibrariesToLinkCollector.java
@@ -607,9 +607,10 @@ private void addDynamicInputLinkOptions(
     // -l:foo -> foo.so
     // -l:libfoo.so.1 -> libfoo.so.1
     boolean hasCompatibleName =
-        name.startsWith("lib") || (!name.endsWith(".so") && !name.endsWith(".dylib"));
+        name.startsWith("lib")
+            || (!name.endsWith(".so") && !name.endsWith(".dylib") && !name.endsWith(".dll"));
     if (CppFileTypes.SHARED_LIBRARY.matches(name) && hasCompatibleName) {
-      String libName = name.replaceAll("(^lib|\\.(so|dylib)$)", "");
+      String libName = name.replaceAll("(^lib|\\.(so|dylib|dll)$)", "");
       librariesToLink.addValue(LibraryToLinkValue.forDynamicLibrary(libName));
     } else if (CppFileTypes.SHARED_LIBRARY.matches(name)
         || CppFileTypes.VERSIONED_SHARED_LIBRARY.matches(name)) {