diff --git a/gio/giomodule.c b/gio/giomodule.c
index 67ccb3b48..eb5cb5537 100644
--- a/gio/giomodule.c
+++ b/gio/giomodule.c
@@ -1022,9 +1022,18 @@ get_gio_module_dir (void)
       gchar *install_dir;
 
       install_dir = g_win32_get_package_installation_directory_of_module (gio_dll);
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+      /* On Visual Studio builds we have all the libraries and binaries in bin
+       * so better load the gio modules from bin instead of lib
+       */
+      module_dir = g_build_filename (install_dir,
+                                     "bin", "gio", "modules",
+                                     NULL);
+#else
       module_dir = g_build_filename (install_dir,
                                      "lib", "gio", "modules",
                                      NULL);
+#endif
       g_free (install_dir);
 #else
       module_dir = GIO_MODULE_DIR;