diff --git a/compat/mingw.c b/compat/mingw.c
index 18caf21969..9fd7db571b 100644
--- a/compat/mingw.c
+++ b/compat/mingw.c
@@ -1577,7 +1577,8 @@ static void ensure_socket_initialization(void)
 			WSAGetLastError());
 
 	for (name = libraries; *name; name++) {
-		ipv6_dll = LoadLibrary(*name);
+		ipv6_dll = LoadLibraryExA(*name, NULL,
+					  LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
 		if (!ipv6_dll)
 			continue;
 
diff --git a/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c b/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
index 86518cd93d..5bdad41de1 100644
--- a/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
+++ b/contrib/credential/wincred/git-credential-wincred.c
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@ static CredDeleteWT CredDeleteW;
 static void load_cred_funcs(void)
 {
 	/* load DLLs */
-	advapi = LoadLibrary("advapi32.dll");
+	advapi = LoadLibraryExA("advapi32.dll", NULL,
+				LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_SYSTEM32);
 	if (!advapi)
 		die("failed to load advapi32.dll");