diff --git a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
index 1913f995..b848389c 100644
--- a/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/wx/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -659,6 +659,20 @@ list(APPEND VBAM_LOCALIZABLE_FILES
     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/core/gba/gbaLink.cpp
 )
 
+if(WIN32 AND (X86_64 OR X86_32) AND ENABLE_XAUDIO2)
+    if(NOT DEFINED XAUDIO_27_BIN_DIR)
+        set(XAUDIO_27_BIN_DIR ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/win32-deps/xaudio27-dll)
+    endif()
+
+    if(X86_64)
+        set(XAUDIO_27_DLL ${XAUDIO_27_BIN_DIR}/x64/XAudio2_7.dll)
+    elseif(X86_32)
+        set(XAUDIO_27_DLL ${XAUDIO_27_BIN_DIR}/x86/XAudio2_7.dll)
+    endif()
+
+    configure_file(audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-path.h.in ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/xaudio27-dll-path.h)
+endif()
+
 if(APPLE)
     set(CMAKE_BUILD_WITH_INSTALL_RPATH ON)
     set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH "@loader_path/../Frameworks")
diff --git a/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio2.cpp b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio2.cpp
index 338fa6ec..d87f68c9 100644
--- a/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio2.cpp
+++ b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio2.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@
 #error "This file should only be compiled if XAudio2 is enabled"
 #endif
 
+#include "wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-rc.h"
 #include "wx/audio/internal/xaudio2.h"
 
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <cstdlib>
 
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
@@ -19,8 +21,17 @@
 #endif
 
 #include <wx/arrstr.h>
+#include <wx/chartype.h>
+#include <wx/dir.h>
+#include <wx/dynlib.h>
+#include <wx/file.h>
+#include <wx/filename.h>
 #include <wx/log.h>
+#include <wx/process.h>
+#include <wx/msw/private.h>
+#include <wx/string.h>
 #include <wx/translation.h>
+#include <wx/utils.h>
 
 #include "core/base/sound_driver.h"
 #include "core/base/system.h"  // for systemMessage()
@@ -199,6 +210,7 @@ public:
 
     void device_change();
 
+    inline static wxString temp_dir_path;
 private:
     void close();
 
@@ -221,6 +233,10 @@ private:
 
     volatile bool device_changed;
 
+    wxDynamicLibrary xaudio2_dll;
+    typedef HRESULT (*func_XAudio2Create)(IXAudio2**, UINT32);
+    func_XAudio2Create dll_XAudio2Create = nullptr;
+
     IXAudio2* xaud;
     IXAudio2MasteringVoice* mVoice;  // listener
     IXAudio2SourceVoice* sVoice;     // sound source
@@ -245,11 +261,41 @@ XAudio2_Output::XAudio2_Output() {
     ZeroMemory(&buf, sizeof(buf));
     ZeroMemory(&vState, sizeof(vState));
     g_notifier.do_register(this);
+
+    HRSRC res = FindResource(wxGetInstance(), MAKEINTRESOURCE(XAUDIO27_DLL_RC), RT_RCDATA);
+
+    if (!res)
+	wxLogFatalError("Could not find resource for 'XAudio2_7.dll'.");
+
+    HGLOBAL res_handle = LoadResource(NULL, res);
+
+    if (!res_handle)
+	wxLogFatalError("Could not find resource for 'XAudio2_7.dll'.");
+
+    uint64_t res_size = SizeofResource(NULL, res);
+
+    char *res_data = (char *)LockResource(res_handle);
+
+    wxString pid = wxString{} << wxProcessEvent{}.GetPid();
+    temp_dir_path = wxFileName::GetTempDir() + "/visualboyadvance-m/" + pid;
+    wxDir{}.Make(temp_dir_path, wxS_DIR_DEFAULT, wxPATH_MKDIR_FULL);
+    wxString dll_path = temp_dir_path + "/XAudio2_7.dll";
+    wxFile dll(dll_path, wxFile::write);
+    dll.Write((void *)res_data, res_size);
+    dll.Close();
+
+    xaudio2_dll.Load(dll_path, wxDL_VERBATIM | wxDL_QUIET);
+    dll_XAudio2Create = reinterpret_cast<func_XAudio2Create>(xaudio2_dll.GetSymbol("XAudio2Create"));
 }
 
 XAudio2_Output::~XAudio2_Output() {
     g_notifier.do_unregister(this);
     close();
+
+    HMODULE hmod = xaudio2_dll.Detach();
+    while(::FreeLibrary(hmod)) {
+        wxMilliSleep(50);
+    }
 }
 
 void XAudio2_Output::close() {
@@ -291,7 +337,7 @@ bool XAudio2_Output::init(long sampleRate) {
 
     HRESULT hr;
     // Initialize XAudio2
-    hr = XAudio2Create(&xaud, 0);
+    hr = dll_XAudio2Create(&xaud, 0);
 
     if (hr != S_OK) {
         wxLogError(_("The XAudio2 interface failed to initialize!"));
diff --git a/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-path.h.in b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-path.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..203dad04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-path.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#define XAUDIO27_DLL_PATH "@XAUDIO_27_DLL@"
diff --git a/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-rc.h b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-rc.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..444c773e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/wx/audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-rc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#ifndef XAUDIO27_RC_H
+#define XAUDIO27_RC_H
+
+#define XAUDIO27_DLL_RC 301
+
+#endif /* XAUDIO27_RC_H */
diff --git a/src/wx/wxvbam.rc b/src/wx/wxvbam.rc
index 427cb8e9..4ee7a9d9 100644
--- a/src/wx/wxvbam.rc
+++ b/src/wx/wxvbam.rc
@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ AAAAA_MAINICON ICON "icons/visualboyadvance-m.ico"
 
 #include "autoupdater/wxmsw/winsparkle-rc.h"
 #include "winsparkle-path.h"
+#include "audio/internal/xaudio27-dll-rc.h"
+#include "xaudio27-dll-path.h"
 
 WINSPARKLE_DLL_RC RCDATA WINSPARKLE_DLL_PATH
+XAUDIO27_DLL_RC   RCDATA XAUDIO27_DLL_PATH
 
 #endif /* NO_ONLINEUPDATES */
 
diff --git a/win32-deps b/win32-deps
index 0a1cdd9c..b9cfd0b1 160000
--- a/win32-deps
+++ b/win32-deps
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0a1cdd9c04f7727e2d477b070e846c5b971761de
+Subproject commit b9cfd0b1ea6108c65c175e380a8c35e620ac1f24