diff --git a/app/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java b/app/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
index 46c18816d..021f7ea5e 100644
--- a/app/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
+++ b/app/src/processing/mode/java/JavaBuild.java
@@ -1446,7 +1446,11 @@ public class JavaBuild {
     }
     // https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/2239
     runOptions.add("-Djna.nosys=true");
-    
+    // https://github.com/processing/processing/issues/2559
+    if (exportPlatform == PConstants.WINDOWS) {
+      runOptions.add("-Djava.library.path=\"%EXEDIR%\\lib;%PATH%\"");
+    }
+
 
     /// macosx: write out Info.plist (template for classpath, etc)