--- a/wscript	Mon Jun 15 15:42:32 2009 -0700
+++ b/wscript	Wed Jun 17 11:26:36 2009 +0100
@@ -498,6 +498,8 @@
         lib.target = 'ns3'
         if lib.env['CXX_NAME'] == 'gcc' and env['WL_SONAME_SUPPORTED']:
             lib.env.append_value('LINKFLAGS', '-Wl,--soname=%s' % ccroot.get_target_name(lib))
+        if sys.platform == 'cygwin':
+            lib.features.append('implib') # workaround for WAF bug #472
 
     if env['NS3_ENABLED_MODULES']:
         lib.add_objects = list(modules)