diff --git a/src/sys/lib.rs b/src/sys/lib.rs
index cc90af006966..39158993e7f6 100644
--- a/src/sys/lib.rs
+++ b/src/sys/lib.rs
@@ -6095,7 +6095,7 @@ unsafe impl Send for DynLib {}
 // synchronized, so `&DynLib` may be shared across threads.
 unsafe impl Sync for DynLib {}
 impl DynLib {
-    /// `dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY)` / `LoadLibraryA(path)`.
+    /// `dlopen(path, RTLD_LAZY)` / `LoadLibraryW(path)`.
     pub fn open(path: &[u8]) -> core::result::Result<Self, bun_core::Error> {
         let mut buf = bun_paths::PathBuffer::default();
         // `std.DynLib.open` returns `error.NameTooLong`; never truncate (could
@@ -6161,7 +6161,7 @@ pub mod RTLD {
     pub const LOCAL: i32 = 0;
 }
 
-/// `dlopen(filename, flags)`. Windows → `LoadLibraryA`.
+/// `dlopen(filename, flags)`. Windows → `LoadLibraryExW` (UTF-8 → UTF-16).
 pub fn dlopen(filename: &ZStr, flags: i32) -> Option<*mut c_void> {
     #[cfg(unix)]
     {
@@ -6172,8 +6172,29 @@ pub fn dlopen(filename: &ZStr, flags: i32) -> Option<*mut c_void> {
     #[cfg(windows)]
     {
         let _ = flags;
-        // SAFETY: filename is NUL-terminated.
-        let p = unsafe { bun_windows_sys::externs::LoadLibraryA(filename.as_ptr()) };
+        // `filename` is UTF-8; the `A` entry point would decode it as the
+        // system ANSI codepage and mangle any non-ASCII byte. Widen and use
+        // the `W` entry point like every other Windows path in this crate.
+        let mut wbuf = bun_paths::w_path_buffer_pool::get();
+        let wpath = bun_paths::string_paths::to_w_path(&mut wbuf, filename.as_bytes());
+        // Match libuv `uv_dlopen` (and Bun's own `process.dlopen`): request
+        // altered search so dependent DLLs resolve next to the loaded module.
+        // MSDN documents that flag as undefined for relative paths, so only
+        // set it when absolute; bare names keep the standard search order.
+        const LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH: u32 = 0x0000_0008;
+        let dw_flags = if bun_paths::is_absolute_windows(filename.as_bytes()) {
+            LOAD_WITH_ALTERED_SEARCH_PATH
+        } else {
+            0
+        };
+        // SAFETY: `to_w_path` NUL-terminates `wbuf`; `hFile` is reserved (NULL).
+        let p = unsafe {
+            bun_windows_sys::kernel32::LoadLibraryExW(
+                wpath.as_ptr(),
+                core::ptr::null_mut(),
+                dw_flags,
+            )
+        };
         if p.is_null() { None } else { Some(p.cast()) }
     }
 }
diff --git a/test/js/bun/ffi/ffi.test.js b/test/js/bun/ffi/ffi.test.js
index 1a66bae5d943..2546e1d1fcfd 100644
--- a/test/js/bun/ffi/ffi.test.js
+++ b/test/js/bun/ffi/ffi.test.js
@@ -666,6 +666,47 @@ it("dlopen throws an error instead of returning it", () => {
   expect(err).toBeTruthy();
 });
 
+// TinyCC, which implements JSCallback and CFunction, is unavailable on Windows ARM64.
+const isFFIUnavailable = isWindows && isArm64;
+
+// Windows: dlopen must accept paths with non-ASCII characters. Previously the
+// path was handed to LoadLibraryA as UTF-8, which the OS decodes as the system
+// ANSI codepage, so any non-ASCII byte mangled the path.
+it.skipIf(!isWindows || isFFIUnavailable)("dlopen accepts non-ASCII library paths on Windows", async () => {
+  const fixture = `
+    const { dlopen, FFIType } = require("bun:ffi");
+    const { mkdirSync, copyFileSync } = require("node:fs");
+    const { join } = require("node:path");
+
+    const src = join(process.env.SystemRoot || "C:\\\\Windows", "System32", "version.dll");
+    const results = {};
+    for (const name of ["caf\\u00e9", "\\u65e5\\u672c\\u8a9e"]) {
+      const dir = join(process.env.FIXTURE_DIR, "bun-ffi-" + name);
+      mkdirSync(dir, { recursive: true });
+      const dll = join(dir, "version.dll");
+      copyFileSync(src, dll);
+      const lib = dlopen(dll, {
+        GetFileVersionInfoSizeW: { args: [FFIType.ptr, FFIType.ptr], returns: FFIType.u32 },
+      });
+      results[name] = typeof lib.symbols.GetFileVersionInfoSizeW;
+      lib.close();
+    }
+    console.log(JSON.stringify(results));
+  `;
+  using dir = tempDir("ffi-dlopen-unicode", {});
+  await using proc = Bun.spawn({
+    cmd: [bunExe(), "-e", fixture],
+    env: { ...bunEnv, FIXTURE_DIR: String(dir) },
+    stderr: "pipe",
+  });
+  const [stdout, stderr, exitCode] = await Promise.all([proc.stdout.text(), proc.stderr.text(), proc.exited]);
+  const results = stdout.startsWith("{") ? JSON.parse(stdout) : stdout;
+  expect({ results, stderr, exitCode }).toMatchObject({
+    results: { "caf\u00e9": "function", "\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e": "function" },
+    exitCode: 0,
+  });
+});
+
 it('suffix does not start with a "."', () => {
   expect(suffix).not.toMatch(/^\./);
 });
@@ -677,9 +718,6 @@ it(".ptr is not leaked", () => {
   }
 });
 
-// TinyCC, which implements JSCallback and CFunction, is unavailable on Windows ARM64.
-const isFFIUnavailable = isWindows && isArm64;
-
 // Runs in a subprocess: `bun test`'s exit path does not finalize the CFunction's native handle,
 // which the ASan lane's leak checker then reports against this file.
 it.skipIf(isFFIUnavailable)("JSCallback exceptions propagate out of the native call", async () => {