diff --git a/scripts/bgfx.lua b/scripts/bgfx.lua
index e52266a7..d4f82e88 100644
--- a/scripts/bgfx.lua
+++ b/scripts/bgfx.lua
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ function bgfxProject(_name, _kind, _defines)
 			defines {
 				"BGFX_SHARED_LIB_BUILD=1",
 			}
+			configuration { "mingw*" }
+				linkoptions {
+					"-shared",
+				}
+				links {
+					"gdi32",
+				}
 		end
 
 		includedirs {
diff --git a/scripts/example-common.lua b/scripts/example-common.lua
index 44382931..c3eaf0a9 100644
--- a/scripts/example-common.lua
+++ b/scripts/example-common.lua
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ project ("example-common")
 		}
 	end
 
+	configuration { "mingw* or vs2008" }
+		includedirs {
+			"$(DXSDK_DIR)/include",
+		}
+
 	configuration { "xcode4" }
 		includedirs {
 			BX_DIR .. "include/compat/osx",
diff --git a/scripts/genie.lua b/scripts/genie.lua
index 10a79502..91c39f11 100644
--- a/scripts/genie.lua
+++ b/scripts/genie.lua
@@ -171,11 +171,6 @@ function exampleProject(_name)
 		targetdir (BGFX_BUILD_DIR .. "arm_" .. _ACTION .. "/bin/" .. _name)
 		objdir (BGFX_BUILD_DIR .. "arm_" .. _ACTION .. "/obj/" .. _name)
 
-	configuration { "mingw*" }
-		links {
-			"dxguid",
-		}
-
 	configuration { "mingw-clang" }
 		kind "ConsoleApp"
 
diff --git a/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp b/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
index 946675ab..f7289eb6 100644
--- a/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer_d3d11.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,10 @@ namespace bgfx
 	BX_PRAGMA_DIAGNOSTIC_IGNORED_CLANG("-Wunneeded-internal-declaration");
 
 	static const GUID WKPDID_D3DDebugObjectName = { 0x429b8c22, 0x9188, 0x4b0c, { 0x87, 0x42, 0xac, 0xb0, 0xbf, 0x85, 0xc2, 0x00 } };
+	static const GUID IID_ID3D11Texture2D = { 0x6f15aaf2, 0xd208, 0x4e89, { 0x9a, 0xb4, 0x48, 0x95, 0x35, 0xd3, 0x4f, 0x9c } };
+	static const GUID IID_IDXGIFactory = { 0x7b7166ec, 0x21c7, 0x44ae, { 0xb2, 0x1a, 0xc9, 0xae, 0x32, 0x1a, 0xe3, 0x69 } };
+	static const GUID IID_IDXGIDevice = { 0x54ec77fa, 0x1377, 0x44e6, { 0x8c, 0x32, 0x88, 0xfd, 0x5f, 0x44, 0xc8, 0x4c } };
+	static const GUID IID_IDXGIAdapter = { 0x2411e7e1, 0x12ac, 0x4ccf, { 0xbd, 0x14, 0x97, 0x98, 0xe8, 0x53, 0x4d, 0xc0 } };
 
 	template <typename Ty>
 	static BX_NO_INLINE void setDebugObjectName(Ty* _interface, const char* _format, ...)
@@ -487,7 +491,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 			hr = CreateDXGIFactory1(__uuidof(IDXGIFactory2), (void**)&factory);
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create DXGI factory.");
 #else
-			hr = CreateDXGIFactory(__uuidof(IDXGIFactory), (void**)&factory);
+			hr = CreateDXGIFactory(IID_IDXGIFactory, (void**)&factory);
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create DXGI factory.");
 #endif // BX_PLATFORM_WINRT
 
@@ -567,10 +571,10 @@ namespace bgfx
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create Direct3D11 device.");
 
 			IDXGIDevice* device;
-			hr = m_device->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDXGIDevice), (void**)&device);
+			hr = m_device->QueryInterface(IID_IDXGIDevice, (void**)&device);
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create Direct3D11 device.");
 
-			hr = device->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIAdapter), (void**)&adapter);
+			hr = device->GetParent(IID_IDXGIAdapter, (void**)&adapter);
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create Direct3D11 device.");
 
 			// GPA increases device ref count.
@@ -609,7 +613,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 				, &m_swapChain
 				);
 #else
-			hr = adapter->GetParent(__uuidof(IDXGIFactory), (void**)&m_factory);
+			hr = adapter->GetParent(IID_IDXGIFactory, (void**)&m_factory);
 			BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Unable to create Direct3D11 device.");
 			DX_RELEASE(adapter, 2);
 
@@ -913,7 +917,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 		void saveScreenShot(const char* _filePath) BX_OVERRIDE
 		{
 			ID3D11Texture2D* backBuffer;
-			DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), (void**)&backBuffer) );
+			DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&backBuffer));
 
 			D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC backBufferDesc;
 			backBuffer->GetDesc(&backBufferDesc);
@@ -1086,7 +1090,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 		void postReset()
 		{
 			ID3D11Texture2D* color;
-			DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), (void**)&color) );
+			DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&color));
 
 			DX_CHECK(m_device->CreateRenderTargetView(color, NULL, &m_backBufferColor) );
 			DX_RELEASE(color, 0);
@@ -1843,7 +1847,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 			if (m_flags&BGFX_RESET_CAPTURE)
 			{
 				ID3D11Texture2D* backBuffer;
-				DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), (void**)&backBuffer) );
+				DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&backBuffer));
 
 				D3D11_TEXTURE2D_DESC backBufferDesc;
 				backBuffer->GetDesc(&backBufferDesc);
@@ -1889,7 +1893,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 			if (NULL != m_captureTexture)
 			{
 				ID3D11Texture2D* backBuffer;
-				DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), (void**)&backBuffer) );
+				DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&backBuffer));
 
 				if (NULL == m_captureResolve)
 				{
@@ -2884,7 +2888,7 @@ namespace bgfx
 		BGFX_FATAL(SUCCEEDED(hr), Fatal::UnableToInitialize, "Failed to create swap chain.");
 
 		ID3D11Resource* ptr;
-		DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, __uuidof(ID3D11Texture2D), (void**)&ptr) );
+		DX_CHECK(m_swapChain->GetBuffer(0, IID_ID3D11Texture2D, (void**)&ptr));
 		DX_CHECK(s_renderD3D11->m_device->CreateRenderTargetView(ptr, NULL, &m_rtv[0]) );
 		DX_RELEASE(ptr, 0);
 		m_srv[0]   = NULL;