diff --git a/Lib/ctypes/util.py b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
index 433d0d9bf66..35b0b1e50e9 100644
--- a/Lib/ctypes/util.py
+++ b/Lib/ctypes/util.py
@@ -52,12 +52,12 @@ if os.name == "nt":
         # See MSDN for the REAL search order.
         for directory in os.environ['PATH'].split(os.pathsep):
             fname = os.path.join(directory, name)
-            if os.path.exists(fname):
+            if os.path.isfile(fname):
                 return fname
             if fname.lower().endswith(".dll"):
                 continue
             fname = fname + ".dll"
-            if os.path.exists(fname):
+            if os.path.isfile(fname):
                 return fname
         return None
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 69078c11a10..f5c7a5e5a07 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #4875: On win32, ctypes.util.find_library does no longer
+  return directories.
+
 - Issue #5692: In :class:`zipfile.Zipfile`, fix wrong path calculation when
   extracting a file to the root directory.