diff --git a/src/text/directwrite.c b/src/text/directwrite.c
index 888e92c5..df584ac6 100644
--- a/src/text/directwrite.c
+++ b/src/text/directwrite.c
@@ -532,6 +532,20 @@ static CustomTextRenderer* CustomTextRenderer_Create(IDWriteFactory6* write_fact
 
 int MWFL_DWSetup(void) {
 	HRESULT hr;
+	HANDLE	ole32lib;
+	/* CoInitialize, to my knowledge, is avaliable on every Windows version we actually support. But as of writing, CI fails because a specific mingw won't link to it by default. I'm not gonna waste my time chancing that it will properly link to ole32 either. */
+	HRESULT (*CoInitialize)(LPVOID pvReserved);
+
+	ole32lib = LoadLibrary("Ole32.dll");
+	if(!ole32lib) {
+		printf("ole32lib not found, cannot use DirectWrite\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
+	CoInitialize = (HRESULT (*)(LPVOID pvReserved))GetProcAddress(ole32lib, "CoInitialize");
+	if(!CoInitialize) {
+		printf("CoInitialize not found, cannot use DirectWrite\n");
+		return 1;
+	}
 
 	CoInitialize(NULL);