diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
index a7a5658c499..256ddb24edc 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ except (AttributeError, EnvironmentError, ImportError):
 if lib_path:
     lib_names = None
 elif os.name == 'nt':
-    # Windows NT shared library
-    lib_names = ['gdal17', 'gdal16', 'gdal15']
+    # Windows NT shared libraries
+    lib_names = ['gdal18', 'gdal17', 'gdal16', 'gdal15']
 elif os.name == 'posix':
     # *NIX library names.
     lib_names = ['gdal', 'GDAL', 'gdal1.7.0', 'gdal1.6.0', 'gdal1.5.0', 'gdal1.4.0']
diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
index 84299a05403..7e1dfa0dc5e 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/geos/libgeos.py
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ if lib_path:
     lib_names = None
 elif os.name == 'nt':
     # Windows NT libraries
-    lib_names = ['libgeos_c-1']
+    lib_names = ['geos_c', 'libgeos_c-1']
 elif os.name == 'posix':
     # *NIX libraries
     lib_names = ['geos_c', 'GEOS']