diff --git a/src/crypt.c b/src/crypt.c
index e5d0d91..d66e50c 100644
--- a/src/crypt.c
+++ b/src/crypt.c
@@ -162,6 +162,22 @@
 
 
 # ifdef DYNAMIC_SODIUM
+#  ifdef MSWIN
+#   define SODIUM_PROC FARPROC
+#   define load_dll vimLoadLib
+#   define symbol_from_dll GetProcAddress
+#   define close_dll FreeLibrary
+#   define load_dll_error GetWin32Error
+#  else
+#   error Dynamic loading of libsodium is not supported for now.
+//#   define HINSTANCE void*
+//#   define SODIUM_PROC void*
+//#   define load_dll(n) dlopen((n), RTLD_LAZY|RTLD_GLOBAL)
+//#   define symbol_from_dll dlsym
+//#   define close_dll dlclose
+//#   define load_dll_error dlerror
+#  endif
+
 #  define sodium_init	    load_sodium
 #  define sodium_free	    dll_sodium_free
 #  define sodium_malloc	    dll_sodium_malloc
@@ -214,53 +230,72 @@
 
 static struct {
     const char *name;
-    FARPROC *ptr;
+    SODIUM_PROC *ptr;
 } sodium_funcname_table[] = {
-    {"sodium_init", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_init},
-    {"sodium_free", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_free},
-    {"sodium_malloc", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_malloc},
-    {"sodium_memzero", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_memzero},
-    {"sodium_mlock", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_mlock},
-    {"sodium_munlock", (FARPROC*)&dll_sodium_munlock},
-    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_push", (FARPROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_push},
-    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_push", (FARPROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_push},
-    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_pull", (FARPROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_pull},
-    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_pull", (FARPROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_pull},
-    {"crypto_pwhash", (FARPROC*)&dll_crypto_pwhash},
-    {"randombytes_buf", (FARPROC*)&dll_randombytes_buf},
+    {"sodium_init", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_init},
+    {"sodium_free", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_free},
+    {"sodium_malloc", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_malloc},
+    {"sodium_memzero", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_memzero},
+    {"sodium_mlock", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_mlock},
+    {"sodium_munlock", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_sodium_munlock},
+    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_push", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_push},
+    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_push", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_push},
+    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_pull", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_init_pull},
+    {"crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_pull", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_crypto_secretstream_xchacha20poly1305_pull},
+    {"crypto_pwhash", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_crypto_pwhash},
+    {"randombytes_buf", (SODIUM_PROC*)&dll_randombytes_buf},
     {NULL, NULL}
 };
 
     static int
-load_sodium(void)
+sodium_runtime_link_init(int verbose)
 {
-    static HANDLE hsodium = NULL;
+    static HINSTANCE hsodium = NULL;
+    const char *libname = "libsodium.dll";
     int i;
 
     if (hsodium != NULL)
-	return 0;
+	return OK;
 
-    hsodium = vimLoadLib("libsodium.dll");
+    hsodium = load_dll(libname);
     if (hsodium == NULL)
     {
-	// TODO: Show error message.
-	return -1;
+	if (verbose)
+	    semsg(_(e_could_not_load_library_str_str), libname, load_dll_error());
+	return FAIL;
     }
 
     for (i = 0; sodium_funcname_table[i].ptr; ++i)
     {
-	if ((*sodium_funcname_table[i].ptr = GetProcAddress(hsodium,
+	if ((*sodium_funcname_table[i].ptr = symbol_from_dll(hsodium,
 			sodium_funcname_table[i].name)) == NULL)
 	{
 	    FreeLibrary(hsodium);
 	    hsodium = NULL;
-	    // TODO: Show error message.
-	    return -1;
+	    if (verbose)
+		semsg(_(e_could_not_load_library_function_str), sodium_funcname_table[i].name);
+	    return FAIL;
 	}
     }
+    return OK;
+}
+
+    static int
+load_sodium(void)
+{
+    if (sodium_runtime_link_init(TRUE) == FAIL)
+	return -1;
     return dll_sodium_init();
 }
 # endif
+
+# if defined(DYNAMIC_SODIUM) || defined(PROTO)
+    int
+sodium_enabled(int verbose)
+{
+    return sodium_runtime_link_init(verbose) == OK;
+}
+# endif
 #endif
 
 #define CRYPT_MAGIC_LEN	12	// cannot change
diff --git a/src/evalfunc.c b/src/evalfunc.c
index db0d1ce..31205ea 100644
--- a/src/evalfunc.c
+++ b/src/evalfunc.c
@@ -5997,7 +5997,7 @@
 #endif
 		},
 	{"sodium",
-#ifdef FEAT_SODIUM
+#if defined(FEAT_SODIUM) && !defined(DYNAMIC_SODIUM)
 		1
 #else
 		0
@@ -6318,6 +6318,10 @@
 	else if (STRICMP(name, "tcl") == 0)
 	    n = tcl_enabled(FALSE);
 #endif
+#ifdef DYNAMIC_SODIUM
+	else if (STRICMP(name, "sodium") == 0)
+	    n = sodium_enabled(FALSE);
+#endif
 #if defined(FEAT_TERMINAL) && defined(MSWIN)
 	else if (STRICMP(name, "terminal") == 0)
 	    n = terminal_enabled();
diff --git a/src/gui_dwrite.cpp b/src/gui_dwrite.cpp
index 83acdab..62d23e7 100644
--- a/src/gui_dwrite.cpp
+++ b/src/gui_dwrite.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef DYNAMIC_DIRECTX
-extern "C" HINSTANCE vimLoadLib(char *name);
+extern "C" HINSTANCE vimLoadLib(const char *name);
 
 typedef int (WINAPI *PGETUSERDEFAULTLOCALENAME)(LPWSTR, int);
 typedef HRESULT (WINAPI *PD2D1CREATEFACTORY)(D2D1_FACTORY_TYPE,
@@ -1212,8 +1212,8 @@
 {
 #ifdef DYNAMIC_DIRECTX
     // Load libraries.
-    hD2D1DLL = vimLoadLib(const_cast<char*>("d2d1.dll"));
-    hDWriteDLL = vimLoadLib(const_cast<char*>("dwrite.dll"));
+    hD2D1DLL = vimLoadLib("d2d1.dll");
+    hDWriteDLL = vimLoadLib("dwrite.dll");
     if (hD2D1DLL == NULL || hDWriteDLL == NULL)
     {
 	DWrite_Final();
diff --git a/src/if_cscope.c b/src/if_cscope.c
index f8d4dc6..f373952 100644
--- a/src/if_cscope.c
+++ b/src/if_cscope.c
@@ -1371,10 +1371,7 @@
 		char *winmsg = GetWin32Error();
 
 		if (winmsg != NULL)
-		{
 		    (void)semsg(cant_msg, winmsg);
-		    LocalFree(winmsg);
-		}
 		else
 		    // subst filename if can't get error text
 		    (void)semsg(cant_msg, fname);
diff --git a/src/os_win32.c b/src/os_win32.c
index 682fdf2..fbf6665 100644
--- a/src/os_win32.c
+++ b/src/os_win32.c
@@ -520,7 +520,7 @@
  * Load library "name".
  */
     HINSTANCE
-vimLoadLib(char *name)
+vimLoadLib(const char *name)
 {
     HINSTANCE	dll = NULL;
 
@@ -8279,15 +8279,20 @@
     char *
 GetWin32Error(void)
 {
+    static char *oldmsg = NULL;
     char *msg = NULL;
+
     FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER|FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM,
 	    NULL, GetLastError(), 0, (LPSTR)&msg, 0, NULL);
+    if (oldmsg != NULL)
+	LocalFree(oldmsg);
     if (msg != NULL)
     {
 	// remove trailing \r\n
 	char *pcrlf = strstr(msg, "\r\n");
 	if (pcrlf != NULL)
 	    *pcrlf = '\0';
+	oldmsg = msg;
     }
     return msg;
 }
diff --git a/src/proto/crypt.pro b/src/proto/crypt.pro
index 682fe45..d6c7b7f 100644
--- a/src/proto/crypt.pro
+++ b/src/proto/crypt.pro
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /* crypt.c */
+int sodium_enabled(int verbose);
 int crypt_method_nr_from_name(char_u *name);
 int crypt_method_nr_from_magic(char *ptr, int len);
 int crypt_works_inplace(cryptstate_T *state);
diff --git a/src/proto/os_win32.pro b/src/proto/os_win32.pro
index dac2b71..b3c85b7 100644
--- a/src/proto/os_win32.pro
+++ b/src/proto/os_win32.pro
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /* os_win32.c */
-HINSTANCE vimLoadLib(char *name);
+HINSTANCE vimLoadLib(const char *name);
 int mch_is_gui_executable(void);
 HINSTANCE find_imported_module_by_funcname(HINSTANCE hInst, const char *funcname);
 void *get_dll_import_func(HINSTANCE hInst, const char *funcname);
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index 8919e59..2476818 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -548,7 +548,11 @@
 	"-smartindent",
 #endif
 #ifdef FEAT_SODIUM
+# ifdef DYNAMIC_SODIUM
+	"+sodium/dyn",
+# else
 	"+sodium",
+# endif
 #else
 	"-sodium",
 #endif
@@ -747,6 +751,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    4354,
+/**/
     4353,
 /**/
     4352,