--- a/suite/app-config.mk
+++ b/suite/app-config.mk
@@ -33,24 +33,16 @@
 # the provisions above, a recipient may use your version of this file under
 # the terms of any one of the MPL, the GPL or the LGPL.
 #
 # ***** END LICENSE BLOCK *****
 
 MOZ_SUITE = 1
 DEFINES += -DMOZ_SUITE=1
 
-# On trunk we need to link the windows shell service into seamonkey.exe
-ifdef BUILD_STATIC_LIBS
-ifndef MOZILLA_1_9_1_BRANCH
-BUILD_STATIC_SHELL = 1
-DEFINES += -DBUILD_STATIC_SHELL=1
-endif
-endif
-
 # Make the whole tree rebuild if app-config.mk changes
 # Use MOZ_BUILD_APP to make life easy
 ifeq (,$(wildcard $(topsrcdir)/$(MOZ_BUILD_APP)/app-config.mk))
 #Fail if normal means of finding app-config.mk does not work
 $(error Somehow we got included but we can't find ourselves...)
 else
 GLOBAL_DEPS += $(topsrcdir)/$(MOZ_BUILD_APP)/app-config.mk
 endif

--- a/suite/build/Makefile.in
+++ b/suite/build/Makefile.in
@@ -97,16 +97,24 @@ EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS += \
 	$(EXTRA_DSO_LIBS) \
 	$(call EXPAND_LIBNAME_PATH,unicharutil_external_s,$(LIBXUL_DIST)/lib) \
 	$(LIBXUL_DIST)/../modules/libreg/src/$(LIB_PREFIX)mozreg_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX) \
 	$(MOZ_JS_LIBS) \
 	$(XPCOM_GLUE_LDOPTS) \
 	$(MOZ_COMPONENT_LIBS) \
 	$(NULL)
 
+# On trunk we need to link the windows shell service into seamonkey.exe
+ifdef BUILD_STATIC_LIBS
+ifndef MOZILLA_1_9_1_BRANCH
+BUILD_STATIC_SHELL = 1
+DEFINES += -DBUILD_STATIC_SHELL=1
+endif
+endif
+
 ifndef BUILD_STATIC_SHELL
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 SHARED_LIBRARY_LIBS += ../shell/src/$(LIB_PREFIX)shellservice_s.$(LIB_SUFFIX)
 ifeq (,$(MOZ_ENABLE_LIBXUL)$(MOZILLA_1_9_1_BRANCH))
 EXTRA_DSO_LDOPTS += $(LIBXUL_DIST)/lib/$(LIB_PREFIX)thebes.$(LIB_SUFFIX)
 endif
 endif
 endif

--- a/suite/shell/src/Makefile.in
+++ b/suite/shell/src/Makefile.in
@@ -26,16 +26,25 @@ REQUIRES = \
 
 ifeq ($(OS_ARCH),WINNT)
 CPPSRCS = nsWindowsShellService.cpp
 OS_LIBS         += $(call EXPAND_LIBNAME,ole32 version uuid shell32)
 
 EXTRA_COMPONENTS = nsSetDefault.js
 endif
 
+# On trunk we need to link the windows shell service into seamonkey.exe
+# We need to do this before we include config.mk and thus app-config.mk
+ifdef BUILD_STATIC_LIBS
+ifndef MOZILLA_1_9_1_BRANCH
+BUILD_STATIC_SHELL = 1
+DEFINES += -DBUILD_STATIC_SHELL=1
+endif
+endif
+
 ifdef CPPSRCS
 LIBRARY_NAME = shellservice_s
 ifdef BUILD_STATIC_SHELL
 MOZILLA_INTERNAL_API = 1
 EXPORT_LIBRARY = 1
 IS_COMPONENT = 1
 MODULE_NAME = nsSuiteShellModule
 endif