diff --git a/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
index 28a1bc88c51..d382fceb8c5 100644
--- a/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/carlabase/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,13 +14,22 @@ if(LMMS_HAVE_WEAKCARLA)
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/carla/source/utils
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/carla/source/backend
   )
-  ADD_LIBRARY(carla_native-plugin SHARED DummyCarla.cpp)
-  TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(carla_native-plugin PUBLIC ${CARLA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-  INSTALL(TARGETS carla_native-plugin
+
+  IF(LMMS_BUILD_WIN32)
+      # use carla.dll
+      SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
+      SET(CARLA_NATIVE_LIB carla)
+  ELSE()
+      # use libcarla_native-plugin
+      SET(CARLA_NATIVE_LIB carla_native-plugin)
+  ENDIF()
+  ADD_LIBRARY(${CARLA_NATIVE_LIB} SHARED DummyCarla.cpp)
+  TARGET_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CARLA_NATIVE_LIB} PUBLIC ${CARLA_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+  INSTALL(TARGETS ${CARLA_NATIVE_LIB}
     LIBRARY DESTINATION "${PLUGIN_DIR}/optional"
     RUNTIME DESTINATION "${PLUGIN_DIR}/optional"
   )
-  SET(CARLA_LIBRARIES carla_native-plugin)
+  SET(CARLA_LIBRARIES ${CARLA_NATIVE_LIB})
   # Set parent scope variables so carlarack and carlapatchbay can see them
   SET(CARLA_LIBRARIES ${CARLA_LIBRARIES} PARENT_SCOPE)
 endif()
@@ -45,6 +54,6 @@ if(LMMS_HAVE_CARLA OR LMMS_HAVE_WEAKCARLA)
                 INSTALL_RPATH_USE_LINK_PATH TRUE
                 INSTALL_RPATH "${CARLA_RPATH}")
         IF(LMMS_HAVE_WEAKCARLA)
-                ADD_DEPENDENCIES(carlabase carla_native-plugin)
+                ADD_DEPENDENCIES(carlabase ${CARLA_NATIVE_LIB})
         ENDIF()
 endif()
diff --git a/plugins/carlabase/carla.cpp b/plugins/carlabase/carla.cpp
index a6faa4d275d..ee94e26430b 100644
--- a/plugins/carlabase/carla.cpp
+++ b/plugins/carlabase/carla.cpp
@@ -141,20 +141,14 @@ CarlaInstrument::CarlaInstrument(InstrumentTrack* const instrumentTrack, const D
     fHost.uiParentId  = 0;
 
     // carla/resources contains PyQt scripts required for launch
-    QString dllName(carla_get_library_filename());
-    QString resourcesPath;
+    QDir path(carla_get_library_folder());
 #if defined(CARLA_OS_LINUX)
-    // parse prefix from dll filename
-    QDir path = QFileInfo(dllName).dir();
     path.cdUp();
     path.cdUp();
-    resourcesPath = path.absolutePath() + "/share/carla/resources";
-#elif defined(CARLA_OS_MAC)
+    QString resourcesPath = path.absolutePath() + "/share/carla/resources";
+#else
     // parse prefix from dll filename
-    QDir path = QFileInfo(dllName).dir();
-    resourcesPath = path.absolutePath() + "/resources";
-#elif defined(CARLA_OS_WIN32) || defined(CARLA_OS_WIN64)
-    // not yet supported
+    QString resourcesPath = path.absolutePath() + "/resources";
 #endif
     fHost.resourceDir            = strdup(resourcesPath.toUtf8().constData());
     fHost.get_buffer_size        = host_get_buffer_size;
@@ -503,8 +497,20 @@ CarlaInstrumentView::~CarlaInstrumentView()
 
 void CarlaInstrumentView::toggleUI(bool visible)
 {
-    if (fHandle != NULL && fDescriptor->ui_show != NULL)
+    if (fHandle != NULL && fDescriptor->ui_show != NULL) {
+// TODO: remove when fixed upstream
+// change working path to location of carla.dll to avoid conflict with lmms
+#if defined(CARLA_OS_WIN32) || defined(CARLA_OS_WIN64)
+        if (visible) {
+            QString backupDir = QDir::currentPath();
+            QDir::setCurrent(carla_get_library_folder());
+            fDescriptor->ui_show(fHandle, true);
+            QDir::setCurrent(backupDir);
+            return;
+        }
+#endif
         fDescriptor->ui_show(fHandle, visible);
+    }
 }
 
 void CarlaInstrumentView::uiClosed()