diff --git a/mingw-w64-ruby-head/0001-Add-C-ext-win32-dll_directory-as-an-alternative-to-f.patch b/mingw-w64-ruby-head/0001-Add-C-ext-win32-dll_directory-as-an-alternative-to-f.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef1d787
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mingw-w64-ruby-head/0001-Add-C-ext-win32-dll_directory-as-an-alternative-to-f.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+From fd61aba54664f3374e950e260876a64369b5c839 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Lars Kanis <lars@greiz-reinsdorf.de>
+Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2021 11:11:42 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] Add C-ext "win32/dll_directory" as an alternative to fiddle
+
+---
+ ext/win32/dll_directory/depend          |  2 ++
+ ext/win32/dll_directory/dll_directory.c | 42 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ ext/win32/dll_directory/extconf.rb      |  3 ++
+ 3 files changed, 47 insertions(+)
+ create mode 100644 ext/win32/dll_directory/depend
+ create mode 100644 ext/win32/dll_directory/dll_directory.c
+ create mode 100644 ext/win32/dll_directory/extconf.rb
+
+diff --git a/ext/win32/dll_directory/depend b/ext/win32/dll_directory/depend
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000..0301ce074c
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/ext/win32/dll_directory/depend
+@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
++# AUTOGENERATED DEPENDENCIES START
++# AUTOGENERATED DEPENDENCIES END
+diff --git a/ext/win32/dll_directory/dll_directory.c b/ext/win32/dll_directory/dll_directory.c
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000..d44b8f2cb3
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/ext/win32/dll_directory/dll_directory.c
+@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
++#include <ruby.h>
++#include <ruby/encoding.h>
++#include <windows.h>
++#include <libloaderapi.h>
++
++#define PTR2NUM(x) (ULL2NUM((LONG_LONG)(x)))
++#define NUM2PTR(x) ((void*)(NUM2ULL(x)))
++
++static VALUE
++s_SetDefaultDllDirectories(VALUE self, VALUE flags)
++{
++	int ret = SetDefaultDllDirectories(RB_NUM2LONG(flags));
++	return RB_INT2NUM(ret);
++}
++
++static VALUE
++s_AddDllDirectory(VALUE self, VALUE dir)
++{
++	void *handle;
++	int encidx = rb_enc_find_index("utf-16le");
++	StringValueCStr(dir);
++	dir = rb_str_export_to_enc(dir, rb_enc_from_index(encidx));
++	handle = AddDllDirectory((PCWSTR)RSTRING_PTR(dir));
++	return PTR2NUM(handle);
++}
++
++static VALUE
++s_RemoveDllDirectory(VALUE self, VALUE handle)
++{
++	int ret = RemoveDllDirectory(NUM2PTR(handle));
++	return RB_INT2NUM(ret);
++}
++
++void
++Init_dll_directory(void)
++{
++    VALUE mWin32 = rb_define_module("Win32");
++    VALUE mDD = rb_define_module_under(mWin32, "DllDirectory");
++    rb_define_singleton_method(mDD, "SetDefaultDllDirectories", s_SetDefaultDllDirectories, 1);
++    rb_define_singleton_method(mDD, "AddDllDirectory", s_AddDllDirectory, 1);
++    rb_define_singleton_method(mDD, "RemoveDllDirectory", s_RemoveDllDirectory, 1);
++}
+diff --git a/ext/win32/dll_directory/extconf.rb b/ext/win32/dll_directory/extconf.rb
+new file mode 100644
+index 0000000000..cfdeafacaf
+--- /dev/null
++++ b/ext/win32/dll_directory/extconf.rb
+@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
++if have_library('kernel32', 'AddDllDirectory')
++  create_makefile('win32/dll_directory')
++end
+-- 
+2.30.0.windows.1
+
diff --git a/mingw-w64-ruby-head/PKGBUILD b/mingw-w64-ruby-head/PKGBUILD
index 7c20f7c..3849925 100644
--- a/mingw-w64-ruby-head/PKGBUILD
+++ b/mingw-w64-ruby-head/PKGBUILD
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ depends=("${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-gcc-libs"
          "${MINGW_PACKAGE_PREFIX}-zlib")
 options=('staticlibs' 'strip')
 source=("https://cache.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/snapshot/snapshot-master.tar.xz"
+        0001-Add-C-ext-win32-dll_directory-as-an-alternative-to-f.patch
         0002-Don-t-add-an-exe-file-manifest.patch
         ruby.ico
         rubyw.ico)
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@ noextract=("snapshot-master.tar.xz")
 # and set first entry to 'SKIP'
 
 sha256sums=('SKIP'
+            'a50c81ab8c178689485257f8eaa70bd8184b878a798780084668f838912e2832'
             'da079dbfdc3d4e1b976ed15d58244ed6e0df201ec829bead578fb4a7177b9cab'
             '6c80ba2ca49840e387a08b7fedc6e7acd298ac2ec853155209efb2af20397b22'
             'c30fb04ac0e88ba634daaa811a81ea5a75027646617b895acd14df9518a4a55a')
@@ -36,6 +38,7 @@ sha256sums=('SKIP'
 prepare() {
   bsdtar -xf snapshot-master.tar.xz || true
   cd ${srcdir}/snapshot-master
+  patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/0001-Add-C-ext-win32-dll_directory-as-an-alternative-to-f.patch
   patch -p1 -i ${srcdir}/0002-Don-t-add-an-exe-file-manifest.patch
   autoreconf -fi
 }