diff --git a/images/base-win32/cross.meson b/images/base-win32/cross.meson
index ed4dc21..453b603 100644
--- a/images/base-win32/cross.meson
+++ b/images/base-win32/cross.meson
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ windres = 'i686-w64-mingw32-windres'
 exe_wrapper = ['wine']
 
 [properties]
-c_link_args = ['-static-libgcc']
-cpp_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
+c_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-L/opt/ffbuild/lib', '-O2', '-pipe', '-fstack-protector-strong']
+cpp_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++', '-L/opt/ffbuild/lib', '-O2', '-pipe', '-fstack-protector-strong']
 needs_exe_wrapper = true
 
 [host_machine]
diff --git a/images/base-win64/cross.meson b/images/base-win64/cross.meson
index e4a560b..7d596bd 100644
--- a/images/base-win64/cross.meson
+++ b/images/base-win64/cross.meson
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ windres = 'x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres'
 exe_wrapper = ['wine']
 
 [properties]
-c_link_args = ['-static-libgcc']
-cpp_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
+c_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-L/opt/ffbuild/lib', '-O2', '-pipe', '-fstack-protector-strong']
+cpp_link_args = ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++', '-L/opt/ffbuild/lib', '-O2', '-pipe', '-fstack-protector-strong']
 needs_exe_wrapper = true
 
 [host_machine]