diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/ChOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/ChOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
index 5f5d5470c8..05f6faec5f 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/ChOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/ChOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
         {
             if (_mScene == null)
             {
+                if (Util.IsWindows())
+                    Util.LoadArchSpecificWindowsDll("ode.dll");
+
                 // Initializing ODE only when a scene is created allows alternative ODE plugins to co-habit (according to
                 // http://opensimulator.org/mantis/view.php?id=2750).
                 d.InitODE();
diff --git a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/UbitOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/UbitOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
index 215d47a7ac..d32188edb9 100644
--- a/OpenSim/Region/Physics/UbitOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
+++ b/OpenSim/Region/Physics/UbitOdePlugin/OdePlugin.cs
@@ -52,6 +52,9 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
 
         public bool Init()
         {
+            if (Util.IsWindows())
+                Util.LoadArchSpecificWindowsDll("ode.dll");
+
             if (d.InitODE2(0) != 0)
             {
                 if (d.AllocateODEDataForThread(~0U) == 0)
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ namespace OpenSim.Region.Physics.OdePlugin
         {
             if (m_scene == null)
             {
+
                 m_scene = new OdeScene(sceneIdentifier);
             }
             return (m_scene);