diff --git a/engine/client/cl_game.c b/engine/client/cl_game.c
index 6bb50705c..bd09f26cf 100644
--- a/engine/client/cl_game.c
+++ b/engine/client/cl_game.c
@@ -3937,11 +3937,6 @@ qboolean CL_LoadProgs( const char *name )
 	clgame.mempool = Mem_AllocPool( "Client Edicts Zone" );
 	clgame.entities = NULL;
 
-	// NOTE: important stuff!
-	// vgui must startup BEFORE loading client.dll to avoid get error ERROR_NOACESS
-	// during LoadLibrary
-	VGui_Startup( name, gameui.globals->scrWidth, gameui.globals->scrHeight );
-
 	// a1ba: we need to check if client.dll has direct dependency on SDL2
 	// and if so, disable relative mouse mode
 #if XASH_WIN32 && !XASH_64BIT
@@ -4042,6 +4037,8 @@ qboolean CL_LoadProgs( const char *name )
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	VGui_Startup( name, gameui.globals->scrWidth, gameui.globals->scrHeight );
+
 	Cvar_FullSet( "host_clientloaded", "1", FCVAR_READ_ONLY );
 
 	clgame.maxRemapInfos = 0; // will be alloc on first call CL_InitEdicts();
diff --git a/engine/client/vgui/vgui_draw.c b/engine/client/vgui/vgui_draw.c
index cd134e249..b63157217 100644
--- a/engine/client/vgui/vgui_draw.c
+++ b/engine/client/vgui/vgui_draw.c
@@ -98,6 +98,9 @@ vguiapi_t vgui =
 	Platform_GetClipboardText,
 	Platform_SetClipboardText,
 	Platform_GetKeyModifiers,
+	COM_LoadLibrary,
+	COM_FreeLibrary,
+	COM_GetProcAddress,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
 	NULL,
@@ -254,7 +257,7 @@ void VGui_Startup( const char *clientlib, int width, int height )
 
 	if( vgui.initialized )
 	{
-		vgui.Startup( width, height );
+		vgui.Startup( clientlib, width, height );
 	}
 	else if ( COM_CheckString( clientlib ) )
 	{
diff --git a/engine/vgui_api.h b/engine/vgui_api.h
index 2ce89226d..b3d161e21 100644
--- a/engine/vgui_api.h
+++ b/engine/vgui_api.h
@@ -186,8 +186,11 @@ typedef struct  vguiapi_s
 	int		(*GetClipboardText)( char *buffer, size_t bufferSize );
 	void	(*SetClipboardText)( const char *text );
 	key_modifier_t (*GetKeyModifiers)( void );
+	void	*(*COM_LoadLibrary)( const char *dllname, int build_ordinals_table, qboolean directpath );
+	void 	(*COM_FreeLibrary)( void *hInstance );
+	void 	*(*COM_GetProcAddress)( void *hInstance, const char *name );
 	// called from engine side
-	void	(*Startup)( int width, int height );
+	void	(*Startup)( const char *clientlib, int width, int height );
 	void	(*Shutdown)( void );
 	void	*(*GetPanel)( void );
 	void	(*Paint)( void );