diff --git a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxp3d_include.pri b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxp3d_include.pri
index 1b611d229..2362b7789 100644
--- a/src/plugins/simulator/fsxp3d_include.pri
+++ b/src/plugins/simulator/fsxp3d_include.pri
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@ equals(WORD_SIZE,64) {
     INCLUDEPATH *= $$EXTERNALSROOT/common/include/simconnect/P3D-v4.1
     LIBS *= -L$$EXTERNALS_LIB_DIR/P3D-v4.1
     LIBS *= -lAdvapi32
+    LIBS += -ldxguid -lole32
+    # ole32 only needed for P3D on WIN64 systems, LNK2019: unresolved external symbol __imp_CoTaskMemFree referenced in function
+    # ldxguid are DirectX guid numbers
     CONFIG(debug, debug|release): LIBS *= -lSimConnectDebug
     else:                         LIBS *= -lSimConnect
 }