diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Common/IImportResolver.cs b/src/BizHawk.Common/IImportResolver.cs
index 4862ccbd2b..e9fde5f51a 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Common/IImportResolver.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Common/IImportResolver.cs
@@ -25,11 +25,22 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 		});
 
 		private IntPtr _p;
+		private bool _eternal;
 
-		public DynamicLibraryImportResolver(string dllName)
+		/// <summary>
+		/// 
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <param name="dllName"></param>
+		/// <param name="eternal">
+		/// If true, the DLL will never be unloaded, even by god.  Use this when you need lifetime semantics similar to [DllImport]
+		/// </param>
+		public DynamicLibraryImportResolver(string dllName, bool eternal = false)
 		{
 			static string ResolveFilePath(string orig) => orig[0] == '/' ? orig : asdf.Value.Select(dir => dir + orig).FirstOrDefault(File.Exists) ?? orig;
 			_p = OSTailoredCode.LinkedLibManager.LoadOrThrow(OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? ResolveFilePath(dllName) : dllName);
+			_eternal = eternal;
+			if (eternal)
+				GC.SuppressFinalize(this);
 		}
 
 		public IntPtr GetProcAddrOrZero(string entryPoint) => OSTailoredCode.LinkedLibManager.GetProcAddrOrZero(_p, entryPoint);
@@ -38,7 +49,8 @@ namespace BizHawk.Common
 
 		private void DisposeHelper()
 		{
-			if (_p == IntPtr.Zero) return; // already freed
+			if (_eternal || _p == IntPtr.Zero)
+				return;
 			OSTailoredCode.LinkedLibManager.FreeByPtr(_p);
 			_p = IntPtr.Zero;
 		}
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Sound/SpeexResampler.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Sound/SpeexResampler.cs
index e8c6b5d02d..f047ee28ce 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Sound/SpeexResampler.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Common/Sound/SpeexResampler.cs
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Common
 	public class SpeexResampler : IDisposable, ISoundProvider
 	{
 		private static readonly LibSpeexDSP NativeDSP;
-		private static readonly IImportResolver NativeDLL;
 		static SpeexResampler()
 		{
-			NativeDLL = new DynamicLibraryImportResolver(OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? "libspeexdsp.so.1" : "libspeexdsp.dll");
-			NativeDSP = BizInvoker.GetInvoker<LibSpeexDSP>(NativeDLL, CallingConventionAdapters.Native);
+			var resolver = new DynamicLibraryImportResolver(
+				OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? "libspeexdsp.so.1" : "libspeexdsp.dll", eternal: true);
+			NativeDSP = BizInvoker.GetInvoker<LibSpeexDSP>(resolver, CallingConventionAdapters.Native);
 		}
 
 		// to accept an ISyncSoundProvider input
diff --git a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
index aeac7d2417..5119166544 100644
--- a/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
+++ b/src/BizHawk.Emulation.Cores/Consoles/Nintendo/QuickNES/QuickNES.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,9 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 	{
 		static QuickNES()
 		{
-			Resolver = new DynamicLibraryImportResolver($"libquicknes{(OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? ".dll.so.0.7.0" : ".dll")}");
-			QN = BizInvoker.GetInvoker<LibQuickNES>(Resolver, CallingConventionAdapters.Native);
+			var resolver = new DynamicLibraryImportResolver(
+				$"libquicknes{(OSTailoredCode.IsUnixHost ? ".dll.so.0.7.0" : ".dll")}", eternal: true);
+			QN = BizInvoker.GetInvoker<LibQuickNES>(resolver, CallingConventionAdapters.Native);
 			QN.qn_setup_mappers();
 		}
 
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ namespace BizHawk.Emulation.Cores.Consoles.Nintendo.QuickNES
 		}
 
 		static readonly LibQuickNES QN;
-		static readonly DynamicLibraryImportResolver Resolver;
 
 		public IEmulatorServiceProvider ServiceProvider { get; }