Linker failure after compilation with "enable-crypto-mdebug"

[Robert Smith via openssl-users <openssl-users@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello everyone.

I'm trying to recompile OpenSSL version 1.1.1k under Windows 10 with the following configuration flag enable-crypto-mdebug
and getting the following linker error:

 
 Creating library apps\openssl.lib and object apps\openssl.exp

openssl.obj : error LNK2019: unresolved external symbol _CRYPTO_mem_leaks referenced in function _main

apps\openssl.exe : fatal error LNK1120: 1 unresolved externals

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\link.EXE"' : return code '0x460'

Stop.

NMAKE : fatal error U1077: '"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\BIN\nmake.exe"' : return code '0x2'

Stop.

Wasted already a few hours trying to figure out the cause for this failure.
Any idea what went wrong?

Thanks