diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_context/target_info.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_context/target_info.rs
index 5c9262ffb08..6e2822ae4b2 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_context/target_info.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/build_context/target_info.rs
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ impl TargetInfo {
         }];
 
         // See rust-lang/cargo#4500.
-        if target_triple.ends_with("pc-windows-msvc")
+        if target_triple.ends_with("-windows-msvc")
             && crate_type.ends_with("dylib")
             && suffix == ".dll"
         {