diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index effb241e..7421852c 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libz-sys"
-version = "1.1.11"
+version = "1.1.10"
 authors = ["Alex Crichton <alex@alexcrichton.com>", "Josh Triplett <josh@joshtriplett.org>", "Sebastian Thiel <sebastian.thiel@icloud.com>"]
 links = "z"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 3feabe48..51ebe6bf 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ fn main() {
     let want_static =
         cfg!(feature = "static") || env::var("LIBZ_SYS_STATIC").unwrap_or(String::new()) == "1";
     if !want_static &&
+       !target.contains("msvc") && // pkg-config just never works here
        !(host_and_target_contain("freebsd") ||
          host_and_target_contain("dragonfly"))
     {