diff --git a/src/mzscheme/src/string.c b/src/mzscheme/src/string.c
index 45f61e7111..85fa7c8dac 100644
--- a/src/mzscheme/src/string.c
+++ b/src/mzscheme/src/string.c
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ typedef size_t (*iconv_proc_t)(iconv_t cd,
 typedef iconv_t (*iconv_open_proc_t)(const char *tocode, const char *fromcode);
 typedef void (*iconv_close_proc_t)(iconv_t cd);
 typedef char *(*locale_charset_proc_t)();
-static errno_proc_t msvcrt_errno;
+static errno_proc_t iconv_errno;
 static iconv_proc_t iconv;
 static iconv_open_proc_t iconv_open;
 static iconv_close_proc_t iconv_close;
@@ -74,20 +74,25 @@ static char *nl_langinfo(int which)
 static int get_iconv_errno(void)
 {
   int *a;
-  a = msvcrt_errno();
+  a = iconv_errno();
   return *a;
 }
 # undef HAVE_CODESET
 # define HAVE_CODESET 1
 # define CODESET 0
 # define ICONV_errno get_iconv_errno()
+extern char *scheme_get_dll_path(char *s);
 static int iconv_ready = 0;
 static void init_iconv()
 {
 # ifdef MZ_NO_ICONV
 # else
   HMODULE m;
-  m = LoadLibrary("iconv.dll");
+  m = LoadLibrary(scheme_get_dll_path("iconv.dll"));
+  if (!m)
+    m = LoadLibrary(scheme_get_dll_path("libiconv.dll"));
+  if (!m)
+    m = LoadLibrary("iconv.dll");
   if (!m)
     m = LoadLibrary("libiconv.dll");
   if (m) {
@@ -103,13 +108,19 @@ static void init_iconv()
     }
   }
   if (iconv) {
-    m = LoadLibrary("msvcrt.dll");
-    if (m) {
-      msvcrt_errno = (errno_proc_t)GetProcAddress(m, "_errno");
-      if (!msvcrt_errno) {
-	iconv = NULL;
-	iconv_open = NULL;
-	iconv_close = NULL;
+    iconv_errno = (errno_proc_t)GetProcAddress(m, "_errno");
+    if (!iconv_errno) {
+      /* The iconv.dll distributed with PLT Scheme links to msvcrt.dll.
+	 It's a slighly dangerous assumption that whaetever iconv we
+	 found also uses msvcrt.dll. */
+      m = LoadLibrary("msvcrt.dll");
+      if (m) {
+	iconv_errno = (errno_proc_t)GetProcAddress(m, "_errno");
+	if (!iconv_errno) {
+	  iconv = NULL;
+	  iconv_open = NULL;
+	  iconv_close = NULL;
+	}
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/worksp/extradlls/README.TXT b/src/worksp/extradlls/README.TXT
index 22b7000219..e077778cb9 100644
--- a/src/worksp/extradlls/README.TXT
+++ b/src/worksp/extradlls/README.TXT
@@ -2,16 +2,3 @@ This directory contains extra DLLs that are needed for running PLT
 Scheme.  The DLL files are moved into the PLT folder by
  plt/src/mzscheme/dynsrc/mkmzdyn.bat
 which is, in turn, called by the MSVC projects.
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-uniplt_xxxxxxx.dll
-
-This DLL is really Microsoft's UnicoWS.dll.  Microsoft allows
-redistribution of this DLL, but discourages installing it into the
-system folder.  So, we rename it (and version-mangle the name) so that
-it can be installed into the system folder without conflicts.
-
-This DLL is only loaded by MzScheme/MrEd under Windows 95/98/Me. It's
-actually not needed at all under Windows NT/2000/XP.
-
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/worksp/extradlls/uniplt_xxxxxxx.dll b/src/worksp/extradlls/UnicoWS.dll
similarity index 100%
rename from src/worksp/extradlls/uniplt_xxxxxxx.dll
rename to src/worksp/extradlls/UnicoWS.dll
diff --git a/src/worksp/extradlls/iconv.dll b/src/worksp/extradlls/iconv.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef1baefdec
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/worksp/extradlls/iconv.dll differ
diff --git a/src/worksp/extradlls/libeay32.dll b/src/worksp/extradlls/libeay32.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a00a2b06f
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/worksp/extradlls/libeay32.dll differ
diff --git a/src/worksp/extradlls/ssleay32.dll b/src/worksp/extradlls/ssleay32.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ee117be29
Binary files /dev/null and b/src/worksp/extradlls/ssleay32.dll differ
diff --git a/src/worksp/mzscheme/uniplt.c b/src/worksp/mzscheme/uniplt.c
index e94a813380..934d5b7e15 100644
--- a/src/worksp/mzscheme/uniplt.c
+++ b/src/worksp/mzscheme/uniplt.c
@@ -14,8 +14,7 @@ HMODULE LoadUnicowsProc(void)
 {
   char *s;
 
-  /* Versioning should replace the "xxxxxxx" */
-  s = scheme_get_dll_path("uniplt_xxxxxxx.dll");
+  s = scheme_get_dll_path("UnicoWS.dll");
 
   return LoadLibrary(s);
 }