diff --git a/Makefile.dist b/Makefile.dist
index e0b3232f2..c80eb06d7 100644
--- a/Makefile.dist
+++ b/Makefile.dist
@@ -333,6 +333,17 @@ src/Makefile.vc11: src/Makefile.vc6
 	@echo "generate $@"
 	@sed -e "s#/GX /DWIN32 /YX#/EHsc /DWIN32#" -e "s#/GZ#/RTC1#" -e "s/ws2_32.lib/ws2_32.lib/g" -e "s/vc6/vc11/g" -e "s/VC6/VC11/g" src/Makefile.vc6 > src/Makefile.vc11
 
+# VC12 makefiles are for use with VS2013
+vc12: lib/Makefile.vc12 src/Makefile.vc12
+
+lib/Makefile.vc12: lib/Makefile.vc6
+	@echo "generate $@"
+	@sed -e "s#/GX /DWIN32 /YX#/EHsc /DWIN32#" -e "s#/GZ#/RTC1#" -e "s/ws2_32.lib/ws2_32.lib/g" -e "s/vc6/vc12/g" -e "s/VC6/VC12/g" lib/Makefile.vc6 > lib/Makefile.vc12
+
+src/Makefile.vc12: src/Makefile.vc6
+	@echo "generate $@"
+	@sed -e "s#/GX /DWIN32 /YX#/EHsc /DWIN32#" -e "s#/GZ#/RTC1#" -e "s/ws2_32.lib/ws2_32.lib/g" -e "s/vc6/vc12/g" -e "s/VC6/VC12/g" src/Makefile.vc6 > src/Makefile.vc12
+
 ca-bundle: lib/mk-ca-bundle.pl
 	@echo "generate a fresh ca-bundle.crt"
 	@perl $< -b -l -u lib/ca-bundle.crt
diff --git a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt
index 4e0511375..06d7b2fb3 100644
--- a/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt
+++ b/winbuild/BUILD.WINDOWS.txt
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ a directory named using the options given to the nmake call.
 nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=<static or dll> <options>
 
 where <options> is one or many of:
-  VC=<6,7,8,9,10,11>           - VC versions
+  VC=<6,7,8,9,10,11,12>        - VC versions
   WITH_DEVEL=<path>            - Paths for the development files (SSL, zlib, etc.)
                                  Defaults to sibbling directory deps: ../deps
                                  Libraries can be fetched at http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/
diff --git a/winbuild/Makefile.vc b/winbuild/Makefile.vc
index 2829a8b4c..2bfc17a53 100644
--- a/winbuild/Makefile.vc
+++ b/winbuild/Makefile.vc
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ CFGSET=true
 
 !MESSAGE Usage: nmake /f Makefile.vc mode=<static or dll> <options>
 !MESSAGE where <options> is one or many of:
-!MESSAGE   VC=<6,7,8,9,10,11>           - VC versions
+!MESSAGE   VC=<6,7,8,9,10,11,12>        - VC versions
 !MESSAGE   WITH_DEVEL=<path>            - Paths for the development files (SSL, zlib, etc.)
 !MESSAGE                                  Defaults to sibbling directory deps: ../deps
 !MESSAGE                                  Libraries can be fetched at http://pecl2.php.net/downloads/php-windows-builds/
diff --git a/winbuild/MakefileBuild.vc b/winbuild/MakefileBuild.vc
index e43dd367b..37767a9be 100644
--- a/winbuild/MakefileBuild.vc
+++ b/winbuild/MakefileBuild.vc
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 ###########################################################################
 #
-# Makefile for building libcurl with MSVC 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11
+# Makefile for building libcurl with MSVC 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12
 #
 # Usage: see usage message below
 #        Should be invoked from winbuild directory