diff --git a/make/javax/sound/jsoundds/Makefile b/make/javax/sound/jsoundds/Makefile
index 178212437c7085dcb0af9d4592895edc56e8881d..e38a98535efc7f1caff976ffcbecb8c4d1a0be38 100644
--- a/make/javax/sound/jsoundds/Makefile
+++ b/make/javax/sound/jsoundds/Makefile
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ FILES_export = \
 #
 # Extra cc/linker flags.
 #
-LDLIBS += dsound.lib winmm.lib user32.lib
+LDLIBS += dsound.lib winmm.lib user32.lib ole32.lib
 CPPFLAGS += \
 	-DUSE_DAUDIO=TRUE \
 	-I$(SHARE_SRC)/native/com/sun/media/sound \
diff --git a/src/windows/native/com/sun/media/sound/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.cpp b/src/windows/native/com/sun/media/sound/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.cpp
index e17de1b87550ead21849034a356702a6e61f0a04..5b80dd00ef7194c9e31473113e643e1e5236e2a7 100644
--- a/src/windows/native/com/sun/media/sound/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.cpp
+++ b/src/windows/native/com/sun/media/sound/PLATFORM_API_WinOS_DirectSound.cpp
@@ -476,6 +476,7 @@ DS_StartBufferHelper::Data::~Data() {
 
 DWORD WINAPI __stdcall DS_StartBufferHelper::ThreadProc(void *param)
 {
+    ::CoInitialize(NULL);
     while (1) {
         // wait for something to do
         ::WaitForSingleObject(data.startEvent, INFINITE);
@@ -492,6 +493,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI __stdcall DS_StartBufferHelper::ThreadProc(void *param)
         }
         ::SetEvent(data.startedEvent);
     }
+    ::CoUninitialize();
     return 0;
 }