diff --git a/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.dll b/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.dll
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9417d1e41a
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.dll differ
diff --git a/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.lib b/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.lib
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4827759367
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/windows/zmusic/arm64/zmusic.lib differ
diff --git a/cmake/TargetArch.cmake b/cmake/TargetArch.cmake
index 2cfef741b7..357bf3130d 100644
--- a/cmake/TargetArch.cmake
+++ b/cmake/TargetArch.cmake
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 # "There are many more known variants/revisions that we do not handle/detect."
 
 set(archdetect_c_code "
-#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_ARM)
+#if defined(__arm__) || defined(__TARGET_ARCH_ARM) || defined(_M_ARM64)
     #if defined(__ARM_ARCH_7__) \\
         || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7A__) \\
         || defined(__ARM_ARCH_7R__) \\
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index c5eb802b80..1f0c2664e6 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ else()
 	find_package( ZMusic REQUIRED )
 endif()
 
+message("Building for target architecture: ${ZDOOM_TARGET_ARCH}")
+
 if( MSVC AND NOT ZMUSIC_FOUND )
 	# Use prebuilt library
 	set( ZMUSIC_ROOT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../bin/windows/zmusic" )
@@ -27,6 +29,8 @@ if( MSVC AND NOT ZMUSIC_FOUND )
 	set( ZMUSIC_LIBRARIES zmusic )
 	if( ${ZDOOM_TARGET_ARCH} MATCHES "x86_64" )
 		link_directories( ${ZMUSIC_ROOT_PATH}/64bit )
+	elseif( ${ZDOOM_TARGET_ARCH} MATCHES "arm" )
+		link_directories( ${ZMUSIC_ROOT_PATH}/arm64 )
 	else()
 		link_directories( ${ZMUSIC_ROOT_PATH}/32bit )
 	endif()
@@ -97,7 +101,6 @@ if( WIN32 )
 	endif()
 
 	set( ZDOOM_LIBS
-		opengl32
 		wsock32
 		winmm
 		"${DX_dinput8_LIBRARY}"
@@ -425,7 +428,6 @@ endif()
 set( PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES
 	win32/i_steam.cpp
 	common/platform/win32/hardware.cpp
-	common/platform/win32/i_crash.cpp
 	common/platform/win32/i_input.cpp
 	common/platform/win32/i_keyboard.cpp
 	common/platform/win32/i_mouse.cpp
@@ -446,6 +448,15 @@ set( PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES
 if (HAVE_VULKAN)
 	set (PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES ${PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES} common/platform/win32/win32vulkanvideo.cpp )
 endif()
+
+# todo: implement an actual crash catcher for ARM
+# for now this is purely experimental
+if (NOT ${ZDOOM_TARGET_ARCH} MATCHES "arm" )
+	set (PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES ${PLAT_WIN32_SOURCES} common/platform/win32/i_crash.cpp )
+endif()
+if (MSVC AND ${ZDOOM_TARGET_ARCH} MATCHES "arm")
+	add_definitions( -DNO_SSE -D__ARM__ -DRAPIDJSON_ENDIAN=RAPIDJSON_LITTLEENDIAN)
+endif()
 	
 set( PLAT_POSIX_SOURCES
 	posix/i_steam.cpp
diff --git a/src/common/engine/stats.h b/src/common/engine/stats.h
index 563fc9529f..9ce5268a31 100644
--- a/src/common/engine/stats.h
+++ b/src/common/engine/stats.h
@@ -97,11 +97,13 @@ private:
 #else
 
 // Windows and macOS
+#ifndef _M_ARM
 #include "x86.h"
+#endif
 
 extern double PerfToSec, PerfToMillisec;
 
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) && !defined(_M_ARM64)
 // Trying to include intrin.h here results in some bizarre errors, so I'm just
 // going to duplicate the function prototype instead.
 //#include <intrin.h>
@@ -111,6 +113,12 @@ inline unsigned __int64 rdtsc()
 {
 	return __rdtsc();
 }
+#elif defined(_MSC_VER) && defined(_M_ARM64)
+#include <intrin.h>
+inline unsigned __int64 rdtsc()
+{
+	return _ReadStatusReg(ARM64_SYSREG(0b11, 0b011, 0b1001, 0b1101, 0b000)); //_ReadStatusReg(PMCCNTR_EL0);
+}
 #elif defined __APPLE__ && (defined __i386__ || defined __x86_64__)
 inline uint64_t rdtsc()
 {
diff --git a/src/common/platform/win32/gl_sysfb.cpp b/src/common/platform/win32/gl_sysfb.cpp
index 9a23028b6c..e373c3d3b0 100644
--- a/src/common/platform/win32/gl_sysfb.cpp
+++ b/src/common/platform/win32/gl_sysfb.cpp
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@
 
 extern HWND			Window;
 
+extern "C" PROC zd_wglGetProcAddress(LPCSTR name);
+
 PFNWGLSWAPINTERVALEXTPROC myWglSwapIntervalExtProc;
 
 //==========================================================================
@@ -78,15 +80,15 @@ SystemGLFrameBuffer::SystemGLFrameBuffer(void *hMonitor, bool fullscreen) : Syst
 	HDC hDC = GetDC(Window);
 	const char *wglext = nullptr;
 
-	myWglSwapIntervalExtProc = (PFNWGLSWAPINTERVALEXTPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglSwapIntervalEXT");
-	auto myWglGetExtensionsStringARB = (PFNWGLGETEXTENSIONSSTRINGARBPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglGetExtensionsStringARB");
+	myWglSwapIntervalExtProc = (PFNWGLSWAPINTERVALEXTPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglSwapIntervalEXT");
+	auto myWglGetExtensionsStringARB = (PFNWGLGETEXTENSIONSSTRINGARBPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglGetExtensionsStringARB");
 	if (myWglGetExtensionsStringARB)
 	{
 		wglext = myWglGetExtensionsStringARB(hDC);
 	}
 	else
 	{
-		auto myWglGetExtensionsStringEXT = (PFNWGLGETEXTENSIONSSTRINGEXTPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglGetExtensionsStringEXT");
+		auto myWglGetExtensionsStringEXT = (PFNWGLGETEXTENSIONSSTRINGEXTPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglGetExtensionsStringEXT");
 		if (myWglGetExtensionsStringEXT)
 		{
 			wglext = myWglGetExtensionsStringEXT();
diff --git a/src/common/platform/win32/i_main.cpp b/src/common/platform/win32/i_main.cpp
index 6e1b2ea33f..1d59244c23 100644
--- a/src/common/platform/win32/i_main.cpp
+++ b/src/common/platform/win32/i_main.cpp
@@ -1076,10 +1076,13 @@ void CALLBACK ExitFatally (ULONG_PTR dummy)
 	SetUnhandledExceptionFilter (ExitMessedUp);
 	I_ShutdownGraphics ();
 	RestoreConView ();
+#ifndef _M_ARM64
 	DisplayCrashLog ();
+#endif
 	exit(-1);
 }
 
+#ifndef _M_ARM64
 //==========================================================================
 //
 // CatchAllExceptions
@@ -1132,6 +1135,7 @@ LONG WINAPI CatchAllExceptions (LPEXCEPTION_POINTERS info)
 	}
 	return EXCEPTION_CONTINUE_EXECUTION;
 }
+#endif // !_M_ARM64
 
 //==========================================================================
 //
@@ -1155,7 +1159,11 @@ static void infiniterecursion(int foo)
 // which offers the very important feature to open a debugger and see the crash in context right away.
 CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, disablecrashlog, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFIG)
 {
+#ifndef _M_ARM64
 	SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(!*self ? CatchAllExceptions : nullptr);
+#else
+	SetUnhandledExceptionFilter(nullptr);
+#endif
 }
 
 //==========================================================================
@@ -1217,7 +1225,9 @@ int WINAPI wWinMain (HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE nothing, LPWSTR cmdline, int
 #ifndef _DEBUG
 	if (MainThread != INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
 	{
+#ifndef _M_ARM64
 		SetUnhandledExceptionFilter (CatchAllExceptions);
+#endif
 
 #ifdef _M_X64
 		static bool setJumpResult = false;
diff --git a/src/common/platform/win32/win32glvideo.cpp b/src/common/platform/win32/win32glvideo.cpp
index 034ec86918..e6d38d9d66 100644
--- a/src/common/platform/win32/win32glvideo.cpp
+++ b/src/common/platform/win32/win32glvideo.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,13 @@
 
 #include "gl_framebuffer.h"
 
+extern "C" {
+HGLRC zd_wglCreateContext(HDC Arg1);
+BOOL zd_wglDeleteContext(HGLRC Arg1);
+BOOL zd_wglMakeCurrent(HDC Arg1, HGLRC Arg2);
+PROC zd_wglGetProcAddress(LPCSTR name);
+}
+
 EXTERN_CVAR(Int, vid_adapter)
 EXTERN_CVAR(Bool, vid_hdr)
 
@@ -74,7 +81,7 @@ CUSTOM_CVAR(Bool, vr_enable_quadbuffered, false, CVAR_ARCHIVE | CVAR_GLOBALCONFI
 extern bool vid_hdr_active;
 
 // these get used before GLEW is initialized so we have to use separate pointers with different names
-PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC myWglChoosePixelFormatARB; // = (PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglChoosePixelFormatARB");
+PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC myWglChoosePixelFormatARB; // = (PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglChoosePixelFormatARB");
 PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC myWglCreateContextAttribsARB;
 
 
@@ -224,15 +231,15 @@ bool Win32GLVideo::SetPixelFormat()
 
 	::SetPixelFormat(hDC, pixelFormat, &pfd);
 
-	hRC = wglCreateContext(hDC);
-	wglMakeCurrent(hDC, hRC);
+	hRC = zd_wglCreateContext(hDC);
+	zd_wglMakeCurrent(hDC, hRC);
 
-	myWglChoosePixelFormatARB = (PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglChoosePixelFormatARB");
-	myWglCreateContextAttribsARB = (PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC)wglGetProcAddress("wglCreateContextAttribsARB");
+	myWglChoosePixelFormatARB = (PFNWGLCHOOSEPIXELFORMATARBPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglChoosePixelFormatARB");
+	myWglCreateContextAttribsARB = (PFNWGLCREATECONTEXTATTRIBSARBPROC)zd_wglGetProcAddress("wglCreateContextAttribsARB");
 	// any extra stuff here?
 
-	wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL);
-	wglDeleteContext(hRC);
+	zd_wglMakeCurrent(NULL, NULL);
+	zd_wglDeleteContext(hRC);
 	ReleaseDC(dummy, hDC);
 	ShutdownDummy(dummy);
 
@@ -436,7 +443,7 @@ bool Win32GLVideo::InitHardware(HWND Window, int multisample)
 
 		if (m_hRC == NULL && prof == WGL_CONTEXT_COMPATIBILITY_PROFILE_BIT_ARB)
 		{
-			m_hRC = wglCreateContext(m_hDC);
+			m_hRC = zd_wglCreateContext(m_hDC);
 			if (m_hRC == NULL)
 			{
 				I_Error("R_OPENGL: Unable to create an OpenGL render context.\n");
@@ -446,7 +453,7 @@ bool Win32GLVideo::InitHardware(HWND Window, int multisample)
 
 		if (m_hRC != NULL)
 		{
-			wglMakeCurrent(m_hDC, m_hRC);
+			zd_wglMakeCurrent(m_hDC, m_hRC);
 			return true;
 		}
 	}
@@ -465,8 +472,8 @@ void Win32GLVideo::Shutdown()
 {
 	if (m_hRC)
 	{
-		wglMakeCurrent(0, 0);
-		wglDeleteContext(m_hRC);
+		zd_wglMakeCurrent(0, 0);
+		zd_wglDeleteContext(m_hRC);
 	}
 	if (m_hDC) ReleaseDC(m_Window, m_hDC);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/rendering/gl_load/gl_load.c b/src/common/rendering/gl_load/gl_load.c
index 4bfbb78786..bf563afe00 100644
--- a/src/common/rendering/gl_load/gl_load.c
+++ b/src/common/rendering/gl_load/gl_load.c
@@ -67,10 +67,51 @@ static int TestPointer(const PROC pTest)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static HMODULE opengl32dll;
+static HGLRC(WINAPI* createcontext)(HDC);
+static BOOL(WINAPI* deletecontext)(HGLRC);
+static BOOL(WINAPI* makecurrent)(HDC, HGLRC);
+static PROC(WINAPI* getprocaddress)(LPCSTR name);
+static void CheckOpenGL(void)
+{
+    if (opengl32dll == 0)
+    {
+        opengl32dll = LoadLibrary(L"OpenGL32.DLL");
+        createcontext = (HGLRC(WINAPI*)(HDC)) GetProcAddress(opengl32dll, "wglCreateContext");
+        deletecontext = (BOOL(WINAPI*)(HGLRC)) GetProcAddress(opengl32dll, "wglDeleteContext");
+        makecurrent = (BOOL(WINAPI*)(HDC, HGLRC)) GetProcAddress(opengl32dll, "wglMakeCurrent");
+        getprocaddress = (PROC(WINAPI*)(LPCSTR)) GetProcAddress(opengl32dll, "wglGetProcAddress");
+    }
+}
+
+HGLRC zd_wglCreateContext(HDC dc)
+{
+    CheckOpenGL();
+    return createcontext(dc);
+}
+
+BOOL zd_wglDeleteContext(HGLRC context)
+{
+    CheckOpenGL();
+    return deletecontext(context);
+}
+
+BOOL zd_wglMakeCurrent(HDC dc, HGLRC context)
+{
+    CheckOpenGL();
+    return makecurrent(dc, context);
+}
+
+PROC zd_wglGetProcAddress(LPCSTR name)
+{
+    CheckOpenGL();
+    return getprocaddress(name);
+}
+
 static PROC WinGetProcAddress(const char *name)
 {
 	HMODULE glMod = NULL;
-	PROC pFunc = wglGetProcAddress((LPCSTR)name);
+	PROC pFunc = zd_wglGetProcAddress((LPCSTR)name);
 	if(TestPointer(pFunc))
 	{
 		return pFunc;