diff --git a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Platform.cpp b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Platform.cpp
index 00b4951..363432b 100644
--- a/implementations/Crafter.Build-Platform.cpp
+++ b/implementations/Crafter.Build-Platform.cpp
@@ -340,6 +340,14 @@ Configuration Crafter::LoadProject(const fs::path& projectFile, std::span<const
         }
     }
 
+    // project.dll links libc++ dynamically (-lc++) and the dll typically lives
+    // under %LIBCXX_DIR%\lib. Add it to the loader's search path so the user
+    // doesn't have to put it on PATH manually.
+    if (const char* libcxx = std::getenv("LIBCXX_DIR"); libcxx && *libcxx) {
+        fs::path libcxxLib = fs::path(libcxx) / "lib";
+        SetDllDirectoryA(libcxxLib.string().c_str());
+    }
+
     HMODULE handle = LoadLibraryA(dllPath.string().c_str());
     if (!handle) {
         throw std::runtime_error(std::format("Failed to load project {}: error {}", dllPath.string(), GetLastError()));
@@ -538,6 +546,14 @@ Configuration Crafter::LoadProject(const fs::path& projectFile, std::span<const
         }
     }
 
+    // project.dll is a mingw DLL linking libstdc++-6.dll / libgcc_s_seh-1.dll /
+    // libwinpthread-1.dll dynamically (LoadProject's compile uses -lstdc++exp
+    // -lpthread, not -static). We already know where they live from
+    // MingwPrefix(), so add bin/ to the loader's search path here instead of
+    // requiring the user to prepend it to PATH manually.
+    fs::path mingwBin = MingwPrefix() / "bin";
+    SetDllDirectoryA(mingwBin.string().c_str());
+
     HMODULE handle = LoadLibraryA(dllPath.string().c_str());
     if (!handle) {
         throw std::runtime_error(std::format(