diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 3224fee..372658b 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -6,12 +6,13 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.50)
 AC_CONFIG_AUX_DIR(autotools)
 AC_CANONICAL_SYSTEM
 
-AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(elk, 3.99.2-cvs)
+AM_INIT_AUTOMAKE(elk, 3.99.2)
 AM_CONFIG_HEADER(config.h)
 
 AC_PROG_CC
 AM_PROG_CC_C_O
 AC_PROG_CXX
+AC_LIBTOOL_WIN32_DLL
 AC_PROG_LIBTOOL
 AC_STDC_HEADERS
 
diff --git a/src/loadlib.c b/src/loadlib.c
index e6e0c3c..fed863b 100644
--- a/src/loadlib.c
+++ b/src/loadlib.c
@@ -92,6 +92,19 @@ void Dlopen_File (char *fn) {
 
     /* NSUnLinkModule (handle, FALSE); */
 
+#elif defined(WIN32)
+    void *handle;
+
+    if (Verb_Load)
+        printf ("[dll %s]\n", fn);
+
+    handle = LoadLibrary (fn);
+
+    if (handle == NULL) {
+        Primitive_Error ("LoadLibrary failed on ~%~s",
+                         Make_String (fn, strlen (fn)));
+    }
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_DL_DLOPEN)
     void *handle;
 
@@ -140,6 +153,9 @@ void Dlopen_File (char *fn) {
         if (sym)
             sp->value = (unsigned long int)(intptr_t)NSAddressOfSymbol (sym);
 
+#elif defined(WIN32)
+        sp->value = (void *)GetProcAddress (handle, (MYCHAR *)sym);
+
 #elif defined(HAVE_DL_DLOPEN)
         /* dlsym() may fail for symbols not exported by object file;
          * this can be safely ignored. */