diff --git a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
index 62750726c7..0c3f5ff899 100644
--- a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_st.cxx
@@ -397,18 +397,23 @@ void AudioLoadSt(AudioTraits::SampleClass** sample,
 
 #ifdef AUDIO_USE_WIN32
 
+#include "audio_win_traits.h"
+
 void AudioDestroySt(AudioTraits::SampleClass* sample) {
   delete sample;
 }
 
 void AudioLoadSt(AudioTraits::SampleClass** sample,
 		 AudioTraits::PlayerClass** player,
-		 AudioTraits::DeleteSampleFunc** destroy, Filename) {
-  audio_cat->warning() << "win32 doesn't support reading raw data yet"
-		       << endl;
-  *sample = (AudioTraits::SampleClass*)0L;
-  *player = (AudioTraits::PlayerClass*)0L;
-  *destroy = AudioDestroySt;
+		 AudioTraits::DeleteSampleFunc** destroy, Filename filename) {
+  unsigned char* buf;
+  unsigned long len;
+  read_file(filename, &buf, len);
+  if (buf != (unsigned char*)0L) {
+    *sample = WinSample::load_raw(buf, len);
+    *player = WinPlayer::get_instance();
+    *destroy = AudioDestroySt;
+  }
 }
 
 #else /* AUDIO_USE_WIN32 */
diff --git a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_wav.cxx b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_wav.cxx
index a6fb2cc208..5192bbf019 100644
--- a/panda/src/audio/audio_load_wav.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audio/audio_load_wav.cxx
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ void AudioDestroyWav(AudioTraits::SampleClass* sample) {
 void AudioLoadWav(AudioTraits::SampleClass** sample,
 		  AudioTraits::PlayerClass** player,
 		  AudioTraits::DeleteSampleFunc** destroy, Filename) {
+  audio_cat->error() << "Linux driver does not natively support WAV."
+		     << "  Try the 'st' loader." << endl;
   *sample = new NullSample();
   *player = new NullPlayer();
   *destroy = AudioDestroyWav;
diff --git a/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.cxx b/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.cxx
index 6e33c401fa..b1fe7ccc78 100644
--- a/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.cxx
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ static void initialize(void) {
   ZeroMemory(&wfx, sizeof(WAVEFORMATEX));
   wfx.wFormatTag      = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
   wfx.nChannels       = 2;
-  wfx.nSamplesPerSec  = 22050;
+  wfx.nSamplesPerSec  = audio_mix_freq;
   wfx.wBitsPerSample  = 16;
   wfx.nBlockAlign     = wfx.wBitsPerSample / 8 * wfx.nChannels;
   wfx.nAvgBytesPerSec = wfx.nSamplesPerSec * wfx.nBlockAlign;
@@ -393,6 +393,56 @@ WinSample* WinSample::load_wav(Filename filename) {
   return ret;
 }
 
+WinSample* WinSample::load_raw(unsigned char* data, unsigned long size) {
+  WinSample* ret = (WinSample*)0L;
+
+  initialize();
+
+  // synth a wav header for this data
+  WAVEFORMATEX wavInfo;
+  ZeroMemory(&wavInfo, sizeof(WAVEFORMATEX));
+  wavInfo.wFormatTag = WAVE_FORMAT_PCM;
+  wavInfo.nChannels = 2;
+  wavInfo.nSamplesPerSec = audio_mix_freq;
+  wavInfo.wBitsPerSample = 16;
+  wavInfo.nBlockAlign = wavInfo.wBitsPerSample / 8 * wavInfo.nChannels;
+  wavInfo.nAvgBytesPerSec = wavInfo.nSamplesPerSec * wavInfo.nBlockAlign;
+
+  if (data = (unsigned char*)0L)
+    return ret;
+
+  // create a direct sound channel for this data
+  ret = new WinSample();
+  DSBUFFERDESC dsbdDesc;
+  ZeroMemory(&dsbdDesc, sizeof(DSBUFFERDESC));
+  dsbdDesc.dwSize = sizeof(DSBUFFERDESC);
+  dsbdDesc.dwFlags = DSBCAPS_STATIC | DSBCAPS_GLOBALFOCUS;
+  dsbdDesc.dwBufferBytes = size;
+  dsbdDesc.lpwfxFormat = &wavInfo;
+  dsbdDesc.lpwfxFormat->cbSize = sizeof(wavInfo);
+  HRESULT result = soundDirectSound->CreateSoundBuffer(&dsbdDesc,
+						       &(ret->_channel), NULL);
+  if (FAILED(result)) {
+    delete ret;
+    ret = (WinSample*)0L;
+  }
+  if (ret) {
+    BYTE* dst = NULL;
+    dst = ret->lock();
+    try {
+      memcpy(dst, data, size);
+    }
+    catch (...) {
+      delete ret;
+      ret = (WinSample*)0L;
+    }
+    if (ret)
+      ret->unlock();
+    delete [] data;
+    return ret;
+  }
+}
+
 void WinSample::destroy(AudioTraits::SampleClass* sample) {
   delete sample;
 }
diff --git a/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.h b/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.h
index c5659e49cf..8300a54959 100644
--- a/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.h
+++ b/panda/src/audio/audio_win_traits.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ public:
   BYTE* lock(void);
   void  unlock(void);
   static WinSample* load_wav(Filename);
+  static WinSample* load_raw(unsigned char*, unsigned long);
   static void destroy(AudioTraits::SampleClass*);
   // these are used by the player
   INLINE LPDIRECTSOUNDBUFFER get_channel(void);