diff --git a/cmake/externals/soxr/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/soxr/CMakeLists.txt
index 03b49bd7d1..fcd28d4db5 100644
--- a/cmake/externals/soxr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/externals/soxr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_INCLUDE_DIRS ${INSTALL_DIR}/include CACHE TYPE STRING
 
 if (WIN32) 
   set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARIES ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/soxr.lib CACHE TYPE STRING)
+  set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_DLL_PATH ${INSTALL_DIR}/bin CACHE TYPE STRING)
 elseif (APPLE)
   set(${EXTERNAL_NAME_UPPER}_LIBRARIES ${INSTALL_DIR}/lib/libsoxr.dylib CACHE TYPE STRING)
 else ()
diff --git a/cmake/modules/FindSoxr.cmake b/cmake/modules/FindSoxr.cmake
index cfe0428ebc..b980b4ea1f 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/FindSoxr.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/FindSoxr.cmake
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ hifi_library_search_hints("soxr")
 find_path(SOXR_INCLUDE_DIRS soxr.h PATH_SUFFIXES include HINTS ${SOXR_SEARCH_DIRS})
 find_library(SOXR_LIBRARIES NAMES soxr PATH_SUFFIXES lib HINTS ${SOXR_SEARCH_DIRS})
 
-if (NOT DEFINED SOXR_LIB_PATH)
-  get_filename_component(SOXR_LIB_PATH ${SOXR_LIBRARIES} DIRECTORY CACHE)
-  add_path_to_lib_paths(${SOXR_LIB_PATH})
-endif ()
+if (WIN32)
+  find_path(SOXR_DLL_PATH soxr.dll PATH_SUFFIXES bin HINTS ${SOXR_SEARCH_DIRS})
+  add_path_to_lib_paths(${SOXR_DLL_PATH})
+endif()
 
 include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
 find_package_handle_standard_args(SOXR DEFAULT_MSG SOXR_INCLUDE_DIRS SOXR_LIBRARIES)