1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pl/Mingw32.pl b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pl/Mingw32.pl
index 043a3a53ee..4bee638c4a 100644
--- a/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pl/Mingw32.pl
+++ b/src/lib/libcrypto/util/pl/Mingw32.pl
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ sub do_lib_rule
         ($Name=$name) =~ tr/a-z/A-Z/;
 
         $ret.="$target: \$(${Name}OBJ)\n";
-        $ret.="\t\$(RM) $target\n";
+        $ret.="\tif exist $target \$(RM) $target\n";
         $ret.="\t\$(MKLIB) $target \$(${Name}OBJ)\n";
         $ret.="\t\$(RANLIB) $target\n\n";
         }