diff --git a/cmake/Modules/AXBuildHelpers.cmake b/cmake/Modules/AXBuildHelpers.cmake
index a398652e90f4..a1e8c29152c7 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/AXBuildHelpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/AXBuildHelpers.cmake
@@ -207,6 +207,14 @@ function(ax_copy_target_dll ax_target)
                 $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ax_target}>)
         endif()
     endif()
+
+    # copy libvlc plugins dir for windows
+    if(AX_ENABLE_VLC_MEDIA)
+        add_custom_command(TARGET ${ax_target} POST_BUILD
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E copy_directory ${_AX_ROOT_PATH}/${_AX_THIRDPARTY_NAME}/vlc/win/lib/vlc/plugins
+        $<TARGET_FILE_DIR:${ax_target}>/plugins
+        )
+    endif()
 endfunction()
 
 function(ax_copy_lua_dlls ax_target)
diff --git a/thirdparty/vlc/CMakeLists.txt b/thirdparty/vlc/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a89ee906ac0..c4b9f3b0b4a8 100644
--- a/thirdparty/vlc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/thirdparty/vlc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,15 @@ project(${lib_name})
 
 include(AXPlatform)
 
+if (NOT (IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name}"))
+  if (NOT EXISTS libvlc-dev-${platform_name}.zip)
+    message(STATUS "Downloading libvlc-dev-${platform_name}.zip ...")
+    file(DOWNLOAD https://github.com/halx99/build-vlc/releases/download/v3.0.18/libvlc-dev-${platform_name}.zip ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/libvlc-dev-${platform_name}.zip)
+  endif()
+  file(ARCHIVE_EXTRACT INPUT ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/libvlc-dev-${platform_name}.zip DESTINATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/)
+  file(RENAME ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/libvlc-dev-${platform_name} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name})
+endif()
+
 # -----macro: set vlc sub target-----
 macro(set_vlc_sub_target sub_target_name sub_lib_name)
   add_library(${sub_target_name} SHARED IMPORTED GLOBAL)
@@ -20,8 +29,8 @@ macro(set_vlc_sub_target sub_target_name sub_lib_name)
     )
   elseif(WINDOWS)
     set_target_properties(${sub_target_name} PROPERTIES
-      IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name}/lib/lib${sub_lib_name}.dll"
-      IMPORTED_IMPLIB "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name}/lib/lib${sub_lib_name}.lib"
+      IMPORTED_LOCATION "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name}/bin/lib${sub_lib_name}.dll"
+      IMPORTED_IMPLIB "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${platform_name}/lib/lib${sub_lib_name}.dll.a"
     )
   endif()
 endmacro()