diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cb86264..51b249d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ else()
             if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
                 target_compile_options(XilEnvRpc PRIVATE /wd5105)
             elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
-                # do not as "lib" before the DLL name
+                # do not add "lib" before the DLL name
                 set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_PREFIX "")
                 target_compile_definitions(XilEnvRpc PRIVATE WINVER=0x0600)
                 target_compile_definitions(XilEnvRpc PRIVATE _WIN32_WINNT=0x0600)
@@ -401,6 +401,14 @@ else()
             ./Userguide/OpenXiL_Userguide.pdf
             DESTINATION  ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}
         )
+	else()
+		# copy the 32-bit mingw dlls into the Bin32 folder
+		cmake_path(GET CMAKE_C_COMPILER PARENT_PATH C_COMPILER_PATH)
+		message("C_COMPILER_PATH")
+		message(${C_COMPILER_PATH})
+		INSTALL(DIRECTORY "${C_COMPILER_PATH}/"
+			DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}${XilEnvExtProcLibPath}
+			FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.dll")
     endif()
 
     if(${MY_CMAKE_SIZEOF_VOID_P} GREATER 4)
diff --git a/Src/ExternalProcess/XilEnvExtProcMain.c b/Src/ExternalProcess/XilEnvExtProcMain.c
index c26fa7e..77073ca 100644
--- a/Src/ExternalProcess/XilEnvExtProcMain.c
+++ b/Src/ExternalProcess/XilEnvExtProcMain.c
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ XilEnvFunctionCallPointer GetXilEnvFunctionCallPointer(int par_FunctionNr, const
 #ifdef _MSC_VER
     #pragma warning(pop)
 #endif
-            DllFunctionCache.hModulDll = LoadLibraryA (DllFunctionCache.DllNameWithPath);
+            DllFunctionCache.hModulDll = LoadLibraryExA (DllFunctionCache.DllNameWithPath, NULL, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR);
             if (DllFunctionCache.hModulDll == NULL) {
                 char *lpMsgBuf = NULL;
                 DWORD dw = GetLastError ();