diff --git a/lib/Alien/Base.pm b/lib/Alien/Base.pm
index f09ec094..b6e60b68 100644
--- a/lib/Alien/Base.pm
+++ b/lib/Alien/Base.pm
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ sub import {
 
   push @DynaLoader::dl_resolve_using, @libpaths;
 
-  my @librefs = map { DynaLoader::dl_load_file( $_, 0x01 ) } @libpaths;
+  my @librefs = map { DynaLoader::dl_load_file( $_, 0x01 ) } grep !/\.(a|lib)$/, @libpaths;
   push @DynaLoader::dl_librefs, @librefs;
 
 }
diff --git a/lib/Alien/Base/ModuleBuild.pm b/lib/Alien/Base/ModuleBuild.pm
index 5960502e..ff899a44 100644
--- a/lib/Alien/Base/ModuleBuild.pm
+++ b/lib/Alien/Base/ModuleBuild.pm
@@ -462,6 +462,7 @@ sub alien_library_destination {
 
   my $dist_name = $self->dist_name;
   my $dest = File::Spec->catdir( $lib_dir, qw/auto share dist/, $dist_name );
+  $dest =~ s{\\}{/}g if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
   return $dest;
 }
 
diff --git a/t/install_destination.t b/t/install_destination.t
index 8c0e210d..3cdf4b35 100644
--- a/t/install_destination.t
+++ b/t/install_destination.t
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ my $path = $builder->alien_library_destination;
 
 # this is not good enough, I really wish I could introspect File::ShareDir, then again, I wouldn't need this test!
 my $path_to_share = File::Spec->catdir( qw/auto share dist My-Test/ );
+$path_to_share =~ s{\\}{/}g if $^O eq 'MSWin32';
 like $path, qr/\Q$path_to_share\E/, 'path looks good';