diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
index 25cabe02f810af644e7105be48597cffe0ba0963..1e6371a92526112d3d1b6f1f79ad8dea5d8ec61a 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/config.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.constants import (
     REQUIRED_KEYS_MNRU,
     SUPPORTED_CONDITIONS,
 )
-from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import find_binary, get_abs_path
+from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import find_binary, get_abs_path, use_wine
 
 
 def merge_dicts(base: dict, other: dict) -> None:
@@ -263,9 +263,5 @@ class TestConfig:
 
     def _validate_merged_config(self, cfg: dict):
         # if not on windows, but "use_windows_codec_binaries" is given, assure that wine is there
-        if (
-            platform.system() == "Linux"
-            and cfg["use_windows_codec_binaries"]
-            and find_binary("wine") is None
-        ):
+        if use_wine(cfg["use_windows_codec_binaries"]) and find_binary("wine") is None:
             raise FileNotFoundError("Using windows binaries on Linux requires wine")
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
index 8fa048d312792270f056b5c8dd21bee9c66df87f..791ff91f66fc3989be5953a902ddfed0ce248abf 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/evs.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.audiotools.wrappers.eid_xor import (
 from ivas_processing_scripts.audiotools.wrappers.dlyerr_2_errpat import validate_evs_jbm
 from ivas_processing_scripts.audiotools.wrappers.dlyerr_2_errpat import evs_jbm
 from ivas_processing_scripts.processing.processing import Processing
-from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import apply_func_parallel, run
+from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import apply_func_parallel, run, use_wine
 
 
 class EVS(Processing):
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ class EVS(Processing):
         self.name = "evs"
         self.in_fmt = audio.fromtype(self.in_fmt)
         self._validate()
-        self._use_wine = (
-            platform.system() == "Linux" and self.use_windows_codec_binaries
-        )
+        self._use_wine = use_wine(self.use_windows_codec_binaries)
 
     def _validate(
         self,
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
index 96e3af21c6104c0c096d5a4f5289648947e7de07..7a68f4ea5ae996d31704529d1836655c845175d7 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/processing/ivas.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ from ivas_processing_scripts.audiotools.wrappers.networkSimulator import (
     validate_network_simulator,
 )
 from ivas_processing_scripts.processing.processing import Processing
-from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import run
+from ivas_processing_scripts.utils import run, use_wine
 
 
 class IVAS(Processing):
@@ -60,9 +60,7 @@ class IVAS(Processing):
         self.out_fmt = audio.fromtype(self.out_fmt)
         if not hasattr(self, "dec_opts"):
             self.dec_opts = None
-        self._use_wine = (
-            platform.system() == "Linux" and self.use_windows_codec_binaries
-        )
+        self._use_wine = use_wine(self.use_windows_codec_binaries)
 
     def _validate(self):
         need_exe_suffix = (
diff --git a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
index 4680b22489331daa93b94ce2c0e09ddf7c48c3ba..7f593affdebe1c8fd404d2b51ea8210c95637726 100755
--- a/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
+++ b/ivas_processing_scripts/utils.py
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import logging
 import shutil
 import subprocess as sp
 import sys
+import platform
 from concurrent.futures import ProcessPoolExecutor, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from itertools import cycle, repeat, tee
 from os import devnull
@@ -142,6 +143,12 @@ System interaction
 """
 
 
+def use_wine(use_windows_codec_binaries: bool):
+    linux_system = platform.system() == "Linux"
+    wsl = "microsoft" in platform.uname().release.lower()
+    return linux_system and not wsl and use_windows_codec_binaries
+
+
 def find_binary(
     binary: str,
     raise_error: Optional[bool] = True,