diff --git a/lib/src/util.dart b/lib/src/util.dart
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+import 'dart:ffi';
+import 'dart:io';
+import 'bindings/libgit2_bindings.dart';
+
+DynamicLibrary loadLibrary() {
+  if (Platform.isLinux || Platform.isAndroid || Platform.isFuchsia) {
+    return DynamicLibrary.open(
+        '${Directory.current.path}/libgit2-1.1.0/libgit2.so');
+  }
+  if (Platform.isMacOS) {
+    return DynamicLibrary.open(
+        '${Directory.current.path}/libgit2-1.1.0/libgit2.dylib');
+  }
+  if (Platform.isWindows) {
+    return DynamicLibrary.open(
+        '${Directory.current.path}/libgit2-1.1.0/libgit2.dll');
+  }
+  throw Exception('Platform not implemented');
+}
+
+final libgit2 = Libgit2(loadLibrary());