diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
index fce27222..6c0adbf4 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst2.cpp
@@ -80,6 +80,12 @@ Vst2Bridge::Vst2Bridge(MainContext& main_context,
     if (!plugin_handle) {
         OleInitialize(nullptr);
         plugin_handle.reset(LoadLibrary(plugin_dll_path.c_str()));
+        if (plugin_handle) {
+            std::cerr << "WARNING: '" << plugin_dll_path << "'" << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "         could only load after we manually"
+                      << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "         initialized the COM library." << std::endl;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!plugin_handle) {
diff --git a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
index 58dc333d..07812ec4 100644
--- a/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
+++ b/src/wine-host/bridges/vst3.cpp
@@ -107,6 +107,12 @@ Vst3Bridge::Vst3Bridge(MainContext& main_context,
     if (!module) {
         OleInitialize(nullptr);
         module = VST3::Hosting::Win32Module::create(plugin_dll_path, error);
+        if (module) {
+            std::cerr << "WARNING: '" << plugin_dll_path << "'" << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "         could only load after we manually"
+                      << std::endl;
+            std::cerr << "         initialized the COM library." << std::endl;
+        }
     }
 
     if (!module) {