diff --git a/dll/cpl/mmsys/sounds.c b/dll/cpl/mmsys/sounds.c
index 8b6b7d296a9..89df8727728 100644
--- a/dll/cpl/mmsys/sounds.c
+++ b/dll/cpl/mmsys/sounds.c
@@ -1151,7 +1151,7 @@ SoundsDlgProc(HWND hwndDlg,
                     LoadStringW(hApplet, IDS_BROWSE_FOR_SOUND, szTitle, _countof(szTitle));
                     ofn.lpstrTitle = szTitle;
                     ofn.lpstrInitialDir = L"%SystemRoot%\\Media";
-                    ofn.Flags = OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_HIDEREADONLY;
+                    ofn.Flags = OFN_EXPLORER | OFN_FILEMUSTEXIST | OFN_HIDEREADONLY;
 
                     if (GetOpenFileNameW(&ofn) != FALSE)
                     {