diff --git a/src/win32_init.c b/src/win32_init.c
index ef2615f1..8dd06285 100644
--- a/src/win32_init.c
+++ b/src/win32_init.c
@@ -106,40 +106,6 @@ static GLFWbool loadLibraries(void)
     _glfw.win32.user32.GetSystemMetricsForDpi_ = (PFN_GetSystemMetricsForDpi)
         _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.user32.instance, "GetSystemMetricsForDpi");
 
-    _glfw.win32.dinput8.instance = _glfwPlatformLoadModule("dinput8.dll");
-    if (_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance)
-    {
-        _glfw.win32.dinput8.Create = (PFN_DirectInput8Create)
-            _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance, "DirectInput8Create");
-    }
-
-    {
-        int i;
-        const char* names[] =
-        {
-            "xinput1_4.dll",
-            "xinput1_3.dll",
-            "xinput9_1_0.dll",
-            "xinput1_2.dll",
-            "xinput1_1.dll",
-            NULL
-        };
-
-        for (i = 0;  names[i];  i++)
-        {
-            _glfw.win32.xinput.instance = _glfwPlatformLoadModule(names[i]);
-            if (_glfw.win32.xinput.instance)
-            {
-                _glfw.win32.xinput.GetCapabilities = (PFN_XInputGetCapabilities)
-                    _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.xinput.instance, "XInputGetCapabilities");
-                _glfw.win32.xinput.GetState = (PFN_XInputGetState)
-                    _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.xinput.instance, "XInputGetState");
-
-                break;
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
     _glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance = _glfwPlatformLoadModule("dwmapi.dll");
     if (_glfw.win32.dwmapi.instance)
     {
diff --git a/src/win32_joystick.c b/src/win32_joystick.c
index 4e83577a..9ad1854f 100644
--- a/src/win32_joystick.c
+++ b/src/win32_joystick.c
@@ -574,6 +574,45 @@ void _glfwDetectJoystickDisconnectionWin32(void)
 
 GLFWbool _glfwInitJoysticksWin32(void)
 {
+    // These dlls loads used to be in win32_init/loadLibraries but even 
+    // loading these libraries can cause the process to terminate when 
+    // running under a Windows service on some operating systems (e.g. 
+    // Windows Server 2019). Thus, only load them if joystick functionality
+    // is requested by the application.
+    _glfw.win32.dinput8.instance = _glfwPlatformLoadModule("dinput8.dll");
+    if (_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance)
+    {
+        _glfw.win32.dinput8.Create = (PFN_DirectInput8Create)
+            _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance, "DirectInput8Create");
+    }
+
+    {
+        int i;
+        const char* names[] =
+        {
+            "xinput1_4.dll",
+            "xinput1_3.dll",
+            "xinput9_1_0.dll",
+            "xinput1_2.dll",
+            "xinput1_1.dll",
+            NULL
+        };
+
+        for (i = 0;  names[i];  i++)
+        {
+            _glfw.win32.xinput.instance = _glfwPlatformLoadModule(names[i]);
+            if (_glfw.win32.xinput.instance)
+            {
+                _glfw.win32.xinput.GetCapabilities = (PFN_XInputGetCapabilities)
+                    _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.xinput.instance, "XInputGetCapabilities");
+                _glfw.win32.xinput.GetState = (PFN_XInputGetState)
+                    _glfwPlatformGetModuleSymbol(_glfw.win32.xinput.instance, "XInputGetState");
+
+                break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     if (_glfw.win32.dinput8.instance)
     {
         if (FAILED(DirectInput8Create(_glfw.win32.instance,