-LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON=-lwinmm -lwsock32
-LDFLAGS_WINCL=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) -mwindows -luser32 -lgdi32 -ldxguid -ldinput -lcomctl32
-LDFLAGS_WINSV=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) -mconsole
-LDFLAGS_WINSDL=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) `$(SDL_CONFIG) --libs`
+# Note that Windows Vista users may need --large-address-aware because Vista seems to map over 500MB of application address space for its own purposes, which is a significant chunk taken out of the default 2GB address space, this option raises the limit to 4GB (or 3GB on Vista 32 and older versions of Windows).
+LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON=-lws2_32 -Wl,--large-address-aware
+LDFLAGS_WINCL=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) -mwindows -lwinmm -luser32 -lgdi32 -ldxguid -ldinput -lcomctl32
+LDFLAGS_WINSV=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) -mconsole -lwinmm
+LDFLAGS_WINSDL=$(LDFLAGS_WINCOMMON) $(SDLCONFIG_LIBS) $(LIB_SND_MODPLUG)