diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index af96be4..5c14342 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ at http://www.zap.org.au/services/svn/.
 Version 7.6 (not yet released)
 ------------------------------
 
-(Nothing yet...)
+A minor release to fix compilation bugs under Cygwin: the libiconv library
+must be listed AFTER the GNU Portability Library on that platform.
 
 
 Version 7.5 (24th May, 2014)
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index e4f6429..238f06a 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -43,6 +43,6 @@ trader_SOURCES	= \
 
 trader_CPPFLAGS	= -I$(top_builddir)/lib -I$(top_srcdir)/lib	\
 		  -DLOCALEDIR=\"$(localedir)\"
-trader_LDADD	= @CURSES_LIB@ @LIBICONV@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libgnu.a @LIBINTL@
+trader_LDADD	= @CURSES_LIB@ $(top_builddir)/lib/libgnu.a @LIBICONV@ @LIBINTL@
 
 EXTRA_DIST	= README