diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 8df0c8f0c1..9d63d64bb3 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ case $host_os in
              proc_interface=mach
              jemalloc_prefix=je_ ;;
     mingw*|cygwin*) CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -DUSE_WINDOWS_PROC"
+            LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -lntdll"
             proc_interface=windows
             jemalloc_prefix= ;;
     linux*|netbsd*|dragonfly*|kfreebsd*)
diff --git a/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c b/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
index e47bfcc8e0..2a5e725f0a 100644
--- a/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
+++ b/libyara/modules/pe/pe.c
@@ -1569,7 +1569,7 @@ static void pe_parse_exports(PE* pe)
   if (offset > 0)
   {
     remaining = pe->data_size - (size_t) offset;
-    char* name;
+    char* name = NULL;
     if (pe->memory)
     {
       get_data_pointer_memory(pe, offset, name, char*);
@@ -1723,7 +1723,7 @@ static void pe_parse_exports(PE* pe)
 
           if (offset > 0)
           {
-            char* name;
+            char* name = NULL;
             if (pe->memory)
             {
               get_data_pointer_memory_with_size(pe, offset, name, char*, remaining);
diff --git a/tests/test-pe.c b/tests/test-pe.c
index a33652b7be..4d588eacf8 100644
--- a/tests/test-pe.c
+++ b/tests/test-pe.c
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         condition: \
           pe.number_of_signatures == 1 and \
           pe.signatures[0].thumbprint == \"c1bf1b8f751bf97626ed77f755f0a393106f2454\" and \
-          pe.signatures[0].subject == \"/C=US/ST=California/L=Menlo Park/O=Quicken, Inc./OU=Operations/CN=Quicken, Inc.\" \
+          pe.signatures[0].subject == \"C = US, ST = California, L = Menlo Park, O = \"Quicken, Inc.\", OU = Operations, CN = \"Quicken, Inc.\"\" \
       }",
       "tests/data/"
       "079a472d22290a94ebb212aa8015cdc8dd28a968c6b4d3b88acdd58ce2d3b885");
diff --git a/windows/vs2015/libyara/libyara.vcxproj b/windows/vs2015/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
index 48dd401543..5a63e07ccc 100644
--- a/windows/vs2015/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/vs2015/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>true</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x86.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x86.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
       <OutputFile>$(OutDir)$(TargetName)$(TargetExt)</OutputFile>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>crypt32.lib;ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;crypt32.lib;ws2_32.lib;advapi32.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>true</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x64.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x64.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalOptions>/IGNORE:4221</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>true</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x86.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x86.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>false</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x64.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x64.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>false</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x64.1.1.0\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x64.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
diff --git a/windows/vs2017/libyara/libyara.vcxproj b/windows/vs2017/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
index e68410c010..a4fbd65522 100644
--- a/windows/vs2017/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/vs2017/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>false</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x64.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x64.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
diff --git a/windows/vs2019/libyara/libyara.vcxproj b/windows/vs2019/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
index 4d2a57ec09..b3c16817d4 100644
--- a/windows/vs2019/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/vs2019/libyara/libyara.vcxproj
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Lib>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>ntdll.lib;jansson.lib;libcrypto.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SuppressStartupBanner>true</SuppressStartupBanner>
       <LinkTimeCodeGeneration>false</LinkTimeCodeGeneration>
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>..\packages\YARA.OpenSSL.x64.1.1.1\lib;..\packages\YARA.Jansson.x64.1.1.0\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>