--- a/sounddevice.py
+++ b/sounddevice.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@
 
 try:
     for _libname in (
-            'portaudio',  # Default name on POSIX systems
+            'libportaudio.dll',  # Default name on POSIX systems
             'bin\\libportaudio-2.dll',  # DLL from conda-forge
             'lib/libportaudio.dylib',  # dylib from anaconda
             ):
