diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 577b352..91755d3 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -248,3 +248,6 @@
 [submodule "plugins/PdArray"]
 	path = plugins/PdArray
 	url = https://github.com/mgunyho/PdArray.git
+[submodule "deps/JUCE"]
+	path = deps/JUCE
+	url = https://github.com/CardinalModules/JUCE.git
diff --git a/deps/JUCE b/deps/JUCE
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..4aaa2a7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/deps/JUCE
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 4aaa2a7f4c83bd9807070825fbccd9d6d582e34d
diff --git a/deps/Makefile b/deps/Makefile
index 29cca40..6e985d4 100644
--- a/deps/Makefile
+++ b/deps/Makefile
@@ -266,6 +266,9 @@ ifeq ($(CPU_I386),true)
 SURGE_CXX_FLAGS += -D__sigemptyset=sigemptyset
 endif
 
+# use custom JUCE
+SURGE_CXX_FLAGS += -I$(abspath ../deps/JUCE/modules)
+
 # possibly use fftw?
 # ifeq ($(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --exists fftw3 fftw3f && echo true),true)
 # SURGE_CXX_FLAGS += -DJUCE_DSP_USE_STATIC_FFTW=1
@@ -295,6 +298,7 @@ $(SURGE_DEP_PATH)/Makefile: $(SURGE_SRC_PATH)/CMakeLists.txt
 		-DSURGE_SKIP_JUCE_FOR_RACK=TRUE \
 		-DSURGE_SKIP_LUA=TRUE \
 		-DSURGE_SKIP_ODDSOUND_MTS=TRUE \
+		-DSURGE_JUCE_PATH=$(abspath ../deps/JUCE) \
 		-DSURGE_SIMDE_PATH=$(abspath ../src/Rack/dep/simde) \
 		$(SURGE_SRC_PATH)
 
diff --git a/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk b/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
index 16e6250..56b3dd9 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
+++ b/src/Makefile.cardinal.mk
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ endif
 ifeq ($(MACOS),true)
 EXTRA_DSP_LIBS += -framework Accelerate -framework AppKit
 else ifeq ($(WINDOWS),true)
-EXTRA_DSP_LIBS += -lole32 -lshlwapi -luuid -lversion -lwininet
+EXTRA_DSP_LIBS += -lole32 -lshlwapi -luuid -lversion
 endif
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------