diff --git a/src/null_platform.h b/src/null_platform.h
index 708975d1..d916b922 100644
--- a/src/null_platform.h
+++ b/src/null_platform.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 #include "null_joystick.h"
 
 #if defined(_GLFW_WIN32)
- #define _glfw_dlopen(name) LoadLibraryA(name)
+ #define _glfw_dlopen(name) LoadLibraryExA(name,NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32)
  #define _glfw_dlclose(handle) FreeLibrary((HMODULE) handle)
  #define _glfw_dlsym(handle, name) GetProcAddress((HMODULE) handle, name)
 #else
diff --git a/src/wgl_context.c b/src/wgl_context.c
index b245b292..042e0f25 100644
--- a/src/wgl_context.c
+++ b/src/wgl_context.c
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ GLFWbool _glfwInitWGL(void)
     if (_glfw.wgl.instance)
         return GLFW_TRUE;
 
-    _glfw.wgl.instance = LoadLibraryA("opengl32.dll");
+    _glfw.wgl.instance = LoadLibraryExA("opengl32.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (!_glfw.wgl.instance)
     {
         _glfwInputErrorWin32(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
diff --git a/src/win32_init.c b/src/win32_init.c
index 885f32fa..5e698cc2 100644
--- a/src/win32_init.c
+++ b/src/win32_init.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
         return GLFW_FALSE;
     }
 
-    _glfw.win32.user32.instance = LoadLibraryA("user32.dll");
+    _glfw.win32.user32.instance = LoadLibraryExA("user32.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (!_glfw.win32.user32.instance)
     {
         _glfwInputErrorWin32(GLFW_PLATFORM_ERROR,
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
     _glfw.win32.user32.GetSystemMetricsForDpi_ = (PFN_GetSystemMetricsForDpi)
         GetProcAddress(_glfw.win32.user32.instance, "GetSystemMetricsForDpi");
 
-    _glfw.win32.dinput8.instance = LoadLibraryA("dinput8.dll");
+    _glfw.win32.dinput8.instance = LoadLibraryExA("dinput8.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance)
     {
         _glfw.win32.dinput8.Create = (PFN_DirectInput8Create)
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
 
         for (i = 0;  names[i];  i++)
         {
-            _glfw.win32.xinput.instance = LoadLibraryA(names[i]);
+            _glfw.win32.xinput.instance = LoadLibraryExA(names[i],NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
             if (_glfw.win32.xinput.instance)
             {
                 _glfw.win32.xinput.GetCapabilities = (PFN_XInputGetCapabilities)
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
         }
     }
 
-    _glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance = LoadLibraryA("dwmapi.dll");
+    _glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance = LoadLibraryExA("dwmapi.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (_glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance)
     {
         _glfw.win32.dwmapi.IsCompositionEnabled = (PFN_DwmIsCompositionEnabled)
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
             GetProcAddress(_glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance, "DwmGetColorizationColor");
     }
 
-    _glfw.win32.shcore.instance = LoadLibraryA("shcore.dll");
+    _glfw.win32.shcore.instance = LoadLibraryExA("shcore.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (_glfw.win32.shcore.instance)
     {
         _glfw.win32.shcore.SetProcessDpiAwareness_ = (PFN_SetProcessDpiAwareness)
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
             GetProcAddress(_glfw.win32.shcore.instance, "GetDpiForMonitor");
     }
 
-    _glfw.win32.ntdll.instance = LoadLibraryA("ntdll.dll");
+    _glfw.win32.ntdll.instance = LoadLibraryExA("ntdll.dll",NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
     if (_glfw.win32.ntdll.instance)
     {
         _glfw.win32.ntdll.RtlVerifyVersionInfo_ = (PFN_RtlVerifyVersionInfo)
diff --git a/src/win32_platform.h b/src/win32_platform.h
index e729709f..4a7d8068 100644
--- a/src/win32_platform.h
+++ b/src/win32_platform.h
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ typedef VkBool32 (APIENTRY *PFN_vkGetPhysicalDeviceWin32PresentationSupportKHR)(
  #define _GLFW_WNDCLASSNAME L"GLFW30"
 #endif
 
-#define _glfw_dlopen(name) LoadLibraryA(name)
+#define _glfw_dlopen(name) LoadLibraryExA(name,NULL,LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32)
 #define _glfw_dlclose(handle) FreeLibrary((HMODULE) handle)
 #define _glfw_dlsym(handle, name) GetProcAddress((HMODULE) handle, name)
 
