diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94f524ed45..fce1d92b21 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -484,6 +484,9 @@ else()
 endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_OPENAL)
+	if(WIN32)
+		set(ENV{OPENALDIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/Externals/OpenAL)
+	endif()
 	find_package(OpenAL)
 	if(OPENAL_FOUND)
 		add_definitions(-DHAVE_OPENAL=1)
diff --git a/Externals/OpenAL/x64/OpenAL32.dll b/Externals/OpenAL/lib/OpenAL32.dll
similarity index 100%
rename from Externals/OpenAL/x64/OpenAL32.dll
rename to Externals/OpenAL/lib/OpenAL32.dll
diff --git a/Externals/OpenAL/x64/OpenAL32.lib b/Externals/OpenAL/lib/OpenAL32.lib
similarity index 100%
rename from Externals/OpenAL/x64/OpenAL32.lib
rename to Externals/OpenAL/lib/OpenAL32.lib
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/DolphinQt2.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/DolphinQt2.vcxproj
index a754927eba..722b678537 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/DolphinQt2.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinQt2/DolphinQt2.vcxproj
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       <BaseAddress>0x00400000</BaseAddress>
       <RandomizedBaseAddress>false</RandomizedBaseAddress>
       <FixedBaseAddress>true</FixedBaseAddress>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>iphlpapi.lib;winmm.lib;setupapi.lib;opengl32.lib;glu32.lib;rpcrt4.lib;comctl32.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;swresample.lib;swscale.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SubSystem Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">Windows</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <DataSysFiles Include="$(DolphinRootDir)Data\**\Sys\**\*.*" />
     <DataTxtFiles Include="$(DolphinRootDir)Data\*.txt" />
-    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName)\*.dll" />
+    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib\*.dll" />
     <BinaryFiles Include="$(TargetPath)" />
     <AllInputFiles Include="@(DataSysFiles);@(DataTxtFiles);@(ExternalDlls);@(BinaryFiles)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
index 176f34cf51..81412afe65 100644
--- a/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/Core/DolphinWX/DolphinWX.vcxproj
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       <BaseAddress>0x00400000</BaseAddress>
       <RandomizedBaseAddress>false</RandomizedBaseAddress>
       <FixedBaseAddress>true</FixedBaseAddress>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>iphlpapi.lib;winmm.lib;setupapi.lib;opengl32.lib;glu32.lib;rpcrt4.lib;comctl32.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;swresample.lib;swscale.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <DataSysFiles Include="$(DolphinRootDir)Data\**\Sys\**\*.*" />
     <DataTxtFiles Include="$(DolphinRootDir)Data\license.txt" />
-    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName)\*.dll" />
+    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib\*.dll" />
     <BinaryFiles Include="$(TargetPath)" />
     <AllInputFiles Include="@(DataSysFiles);@(DataTxtFiles);@(ExternalDlls);@(BinaryFiles)" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj b/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
index f7772c3482..c2ea4ec325 100644
--- a/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
+++ b/Source/UnitTests/UnitTests.vcxproj
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
         The following libs are needed since we pull in pretty much the entire
         dolphin codebase.
         -->
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName);$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib;$(ExternalsDir)ffmpeg\lib;%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>iphlpapi.lib;winmm.lib;setupapi.lib;opengl32.lib;glu32.lib;rpcrt4.lib;comctl32.lib;avcodec.lib;avformat.lib;avutil.lib;swresample.lib;swscale.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
       <AdditionalOptions Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">/NODEFAULTLIB:libcmt %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
     OutDir :)
     -->
   <ItemGroup>
-    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\$(PlatformName)\*.dll" />
+    <ExternalDlls Include="$(ExternalsDir)OpenAL\lib\*.dll" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <!--Either method of running requires the runtime deps to be copied to pwd-->
   <Target Name="CopyDeps" AfterTargets="AfterBuild" Inputs="@(ExternalDlls)" Outputs="@(ExternalDlls -> '$(OutDir)%(RecursiveDir)%(Filename)%(Extension)')">