--- a/build/make/configure.sh	2026-05-13 08:17:31.764191365 +0200
+++ b/build/make/configure.sh	2026-05-13 08:18:26.744873378 +0200
@@ -298,37 +298,71 @@
   "$@" >>${logfile} 2>&1
 }
 
+# Emit the compiler/linker output flag for the given file.
+# cl.exe (and clang-cl when driven in cl mode) require -Fo<obj> / -Fe<exe> with no separating space;
+# every other compiler uses the GCC-style -o <file>.
+_cc_basename() {
+  local _cc="${1##*/}"
+  _cc="${_cc##*\\}"
+  echo "${_cc%.exe}"
+}
+
+# Convert a path to native Windows form when the compiler is MSVC.
+# MSYS2 temporary paths like /tmp/vpx-conf-1234.o get translated by the MSYS layer to D:\tmp\... which does not exist.
+# cygpath -w produces the real Windows path (e.g. C:\msys64\tmp\...).
+_native_output_path() {
+  case "$(_cc_basename "${1}")" in
+    cl|clang-cl|link) cygpath -w "$2" ;;
+    *)                echo "$2" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+cc_obj_flag() {
+  case "$(_cc_basename "${CC}")" in
+    cl|clang-cl) echo "-Fo$(_native_output_path "${CC}" "$1")" ;;
+    *)           echo "-o $1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+cc_exe_flag() {
+  case "$(_cc_basename "${LD:-${CC}}")" in
+    cl|clang-cl) echo "-Fe$(_native_output_path "${LD:-${CC}}" "$1")" ;;
+    link)        echo "/OUT:$(_native_output_path "${LD:-${CC}}" "$1")" ;;
+    *)           echo "-o $1" ;;
+  esac
+}
+
 check_cc() {
   log check_cc "$@"
   cat >${TMP_C}
   log_file ${TMP_C}
-  check_cmd ${CC} ${CFLAGS} "$@" -c -o ${TMP_O} ${TMP_C}
+  check_cmd ${CC} ${CFLAGS} "$@" -c $(cc_obj_flag ${TMP_O}) ${TMP_C}
 }
 
 check_cxx() {
   log check_cxx "$@"
   cat >${TMP_CC}
   log_file ${TMP_CC}
-  check_cmd ${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} "$@" -c -o ${TMP_O} ${TMP_CC}
+  check_cmd ${CXX} ${CXXFLAGS} "$@" -c $(cc_obj_flag ${TMP_O}) ${TMP_CC}
 }
 
 check_cpp() {
   log check_cpp "$@"
   cat > ${TMP_C}
   log_file ${TMP_C}
-  check_cmd ${CC} ${CFLAGS} "$@" -E -o ${TMP_O} ${TMP_C}
+  check_cmd ${CC} ${CFLAGS} "$@" -E $(cc_obj_flag ${TMP_O}) ${TMP_C}
 }
 
 check_ld() {
   log check_ld "$@"
   check_cc $@ \
-    && check_cmd ${LD} ${LDFLAGS} "$@" -o ${TMP_X} ${TMP_O} ${extralibs}
+    && check_cmd ${LD} ${LDFLAGS} "$@" $(cc_exe_flag ${TMP_X}) ${TMP_O} ${extralibs}
 }
 
 check_lib() {
   log check_lib "$@"
   check_cc $@ \
-    && check_cmd ${LD} ${LDFLAGS} -o ${TMP_X} ${TMP_O} "$@" ${extralibs}
+    && check_cmd ${LD} ${LDFLAGS} $(cc_exe_flag ${TMP_X}) ${TMP_O} "$@" ${extralibs}
 }
 
 check_header(){