diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e2b50206..84920d9be 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ SET(WINE_CXX_ARGS
 	-L${WINE_LIBRARY_DIR}
 	${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
 	-std=c++0x
-	-mwindows -lpthread ${EXTRA_FLAGS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer
+	-mwindows -lpthread -lole32 ${EXTRA_FLAGS} -fno-omit-frame-pointer
 	${WINE_BUILD_FLAGS}
 	-o ../RemoteVstPlugin
 )
diff --git a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
index 12a27d183..219a153f5 100644
--- a/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
+++ b/plugins/vst_base/RemoteVstPlugin.cpp
@@ -2061,6 +2061,8 @@ int main( int _argc, char * * _argv )
 		return -1;
 	}
 
+	OleInitialize(nullptr);
+
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
 #ifndef __WINPTHREADS_VERSION
 	// (non-portable) initialization of statically linked pthread library
@@ -2176,6 +2178,7 @@ int main( int _argc, char * * _argv )
 
 	delete __plugin;
 
+	OleUninitialize();
 
 #ifdef LMMS_BUILD_WIN32
 #ifndef __WINPTHREADS_VERSION