diff --git a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
index 700eee4d779..d4fe7e96fc2 100644
--- a/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
+++ b/dlls/mshtml/nsembed.c
@@ -609,7 +609,7 @@ static BOOL load_xul(WCHAR *gecko_path)
 
     len = wcslen(gecko_path);
     wcscpy(gecko_path + len, L"\\xul.dll");
-    xul_handle = LoadLibraryExW(gecko_path, 0, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR);
+    xul_handle = LoadLibraryExW(gecko_path, 0, LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DLL_LOAD_DIR | LOAD_LIBRARY_SEARCH_DEFAULT_DIRS);
     gecko_path[len] = 0;
     if(!xul_handle) {
         WARN("Could not load XUL: %d\n", GetLastError());