diff -Nur icu-svn-53.1.orig/source/runConfigureICU icu-svn-53.1/source/runConfigureICU
--- icu-svn-53.1.orig/source/runConfigureICU	2013-12-31 22:51:27.830836000 +0200
+++ icu-svn-53.1/source/runConfigureICU	2014-05-17 22:13:22.515625000 +0300
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 Options: -h, --help         Print this message and exit
          --enable-debug     Enable support for debugging
          --disable-release  Disable presetting optimization flags
+		 --static-runtime   Use a statically linked C/C++ runtime (Cygwin/MSVC only)
 
 If you want to add custom CFLAGS or CXXFLAGS or similar, provide them _before_
 the runConfigureICU command:
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@
 platform=
 debug=0
 release=1
+static_runtime=0
 
 while test $# -ne 0
 do
@@ -84,6 +86,9 @@
         release=0
         OPTS="$OPTS --disable-release"
         ;;
+	--static-runtime)
+        static_runtime=1
+        ;;
     *)
         platform="$1"
         shift
@@ -256,15 +261,22 @@
         RELEASE_CXXFLAGS='-O3'
         ;;
     Cygwin/MSVC)
+		if [ "${static_runtime}" = "0" ]; then
+			RUNTIME_LINKER_OPTION='MD'
+		else
+			RUNTIME_LINKER_OPTION='MT'
+		fi
+		RUNTIME_LINKER_FLAG='/'${RUNTIME_LINKER_OPTION}
+		
         THE_OS="Windows with Cygwin"
         THE_COMP="Microsoft Visual C++"
         CC=cl; export CC
         CXX=cl; export CXX
-        RELEASE_CFLAGS='-Gy -MD'
-        RELEASE_CXXFLAGS='-Gy -MD'
-        DEBUG_CFLAGS='-Zi -MDd'
-        DEBUG_CXXFLAGS='-Zi -MDd'
-        DEBUG_LDFLAGS='-DEBUG'
+        RELEASE_CFLAGS='/Gy '${RUNTIME_LINKER_FLAG}
+        RELEASE_CXXFLAGS='/Gy '${RUNTIME_LINKER_FLAG}
+        DEBUG_CFLAGS='/Zi '${RUNTIME_LINKER_FLAG}d' /Fdicu'${RUNTIME_LINKER_OPTION}d
+        DEBUG_CXXFLAGS='/Zi '${RUNTIME_LINKER_FLAG}d' /Fdicu'${RUNTIME_LINKER_OPTION}d
+        DEBUG_LDFLAGS='/DEBUG'
         ;;
     Cygwin/MSVC2005)
         THE_OS="Windows with Cygwin"
@@ -376,7 +388,7 @@
     fi
     if test "$RELEASE_CFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $RELEASE_CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$RELEASE_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
     fi
     if test "$RELEASE_CXXFLAGS" = ""
     then
@@ -388,11 +400,11 @@
     fi
     if test "$RELEASE_CXXFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $RELEASE_CXXFLAGS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$RELEASE_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
     fi
     if test "$RELEASE_LDFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $RELEASE_LDFLAGS"
+        LDFLAGS="$RELEASE_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
     fi
 fi
 
@@ -400,15 +412,15 @@
 then
     if test "$DEBUG_CFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        CFLAGS="$CFLAGS $DEBUG_CFLAGS"
+        CFLAGS="$DEBUG_CFLAGS $CFLAGS"
     fi
     if test "$DEBUG_CXXFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS $DEBUG_CXXFLAGS"
+        CXXFLAGS="$DEBUG_CXXFLAGS $CXXFLAGS"
     fi
     if test "$DEBUG_LDFLAGS" != ""
     then
-        LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $DEBUG_LDFLAGS"
+        LDFLAGS="$DEBUG_LDFLAGS $LDFLAGS"
     fi
 fi
 
diff -Nur icu-svn-53.1.orig/source/test/letest/Makefile.in icu-svn-53.1/source/test/letest/Makefile.in
--- icu-svn-53.1.orig/source/test/letest/Makefile.in	2014-03-08 02:49:39.958446000 +0200
+++ icu-svn-53.1/source/test/letest/Makefile.in	2014-05-19 00:08:14.259765600 +0300
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@
 
 include $(top_builddir)/icudefs.mk
 
-## Platform-specific setup
-include @platform_make_fragment@
-
 ## Build directory information
 subdir = test/letest
 
@@ -20,8 +17,8 @@
 CLEANFILES = *~ $(DEPS)
 
 ## Target information
-TESTTARGET  = letest
-GENTARGET   = gendata
+TESTTARGET  = letest$(EXEEXT)
+GENTARGET   = gendata$(EXEEXT)
 
 BUILDDIR := $(CURR_SRCCODE_FULL_DIR)/../../
 # Simplify the path for Unix
@@ -33,7 +30,7 @@
 
 CPPFLAGS += -I$(top_srcdir)/common -I$(top_srcdir)/i18n -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/ctestfw -I$(top_srcdir)/tools/toolutil -I$(top_srcdir)/layout -I$(top_srcdir)/layoutex -I$(top_srcdir)
 DEFS += -D'U_TOPSRCDIR="$(top_srcdir)/"' -D'U_TOPBUILDDIR="$(BUILDDIR)"'
-LIBS = $(LIBICULX) $(LIBICULE) $(LIBICUUC) $(LIBICUI18N) $(LIBCTESTFW) $(LIBICUTOOLUTIL) @LIBS@ @LIB_M@
+LIBS = $(LIBICULX) $(LIBICULE) $(LIBICUUC) $(LIBICUI18N) $(LIBCTESTFW) $(LIBICUTOOLUTIL) $(DEFAULT_LIBS) $(LIB_M)
 
 COMMONOBJECTS = letsutil.o cmaps.o FontTableCache.o SimpleFontInstance.o PortableFontInstance.o
 TESTOBJECTS   = letest.o
@@ -85,11 +82,11 @@
 	 && CONFIG_FILES=$(subdir)/$@ CONFIG_HEADERS= $(SHELL) ./config.status
 
 $(TESTTARGET) : $(COMMONOBJECTS) $(TESTOBJECTS) $(CTESTOBJECTS)
-	$(LINK.cc) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(LINK.cc) $(OUTOPT)$@ $^ $(LIBS)
 	$(POST_BUILD_STEP)
 
 $(GENTARGET) : $(COMMONOBJECTS) $(GENOBJECTS)
-	$(LINK.cc) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	$(LINK.cc) $(OUTOPT)$@ $^ $(LIBS)
 	$(POST_BUILD_STEP)
 
 invoke: