diff --git a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
index 6589c5647c..a7a5658c49 100644
--- a/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
+++ b/django/contrib/gis/gdal/libgdal.py
@@ -14,10 +14,10 @@ if lib_path:
     lib_names = None
 elif os.name == 'nt':
     # Windows NT shared library
-    lib_names = ['gdal16', 'gdal15']
+    lib_names = ['gdal17', 'gdal16', 'gdal15']
 elif os.name == 'posix':
     # *NIX library names.
-    lib_names = ['gdal', 'GDAL', 'gdal1.6.0', 'gdal1.5.0', 'gdal1.4.0']
+    lib_names = ['gdal', 'GDAL', 'gdal1.7.0', 'gdal1.6.0', 'gdal1.5.0', 'gdal1.4.0']
 else:
     raise OGRException('Unsupported OS "%s"' % os.name)