diff --git a/cross-wine.conf b/cross-wine.conf
index 0d7ff22b..49b48237 100644
--- a/cross-wine.conf
+++ b/cross-wine.conf
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ needs_exe_wrapper = true
 # applications are always in sync. This might not be needed anymore once Meson
 # cross compiling to multiple targets at once.
 # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/5125
-cpp_link_args = ['-mconsole']
+cpp_link_args = ['-mwindows']
 
 # For instance, this should be in the 64-bit only cross-file
 # c_args = ['-m64']