diff --git a/build/Makefile-newvs.am b/build/Makefile-newvs.am
index 58c1e154f..04d2405cd 100644
--- a/build/Makefile-newvs.am
+++ b/build/Makefile-newvs.am
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Centralized autotools file
-# Create the Visual Studio 2012 project files
+# Create the Visual Studio 2012/2013 project files
 # from the Visual Studio 2010 project files
 
 # Author: Fan, Chun-wei
@@ -7,18 +7,18 @@
 
 # MSVC_SLN: name of root project
 
-VCXPROJ_FILES =
+MSVC_FORMAT_VER=$(shell echo $$(expr $(MSVC_VER) + 1))
 
 $(MSVC_SLN).sln: $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/$(MSVC_SLN).sln create_vcxproj copy_filters create_props
-	cat $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/$(MSVC_SLN).sln | sed 's/11\.00/12\.00/g' | sed 's/2010/2012/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs11/$(MSVC_SLN).sln
+	cat $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/$(MSVC_SLN).sln | sed 's/11\.00/$(MSVC_FORMAT_VER)\.00/g' | sed 's/2010/$(MSVC_VER_LONG)/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs$(MSVC_VER)/$(MSVC_SLN).sln
 
 README.txt: $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/README.txt
-	cat $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/README.txt | sed 's/vs10/vs11/g' | sed 's/VS10/VS11/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs11/README.txt
+	cat $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/README.txt | sed 's/vs10/vs$(MSVC_VER)/g' | sed 's/VS10/VS$(MSVC_VER)/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs$(MSVC_VER)/README.txt
 
 create_vcxproj:
 	for F in `(cd $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10 && ls *.vcxproj)`; do \
 		case $$F in \
-			*)	cat $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10/$$F | sed 's/v100/v110/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs11/$$F \
+			*)	cat $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10/$$F | sed 's/v100/v$(MSVC_VER)0/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs$(MSVC_VER)/$$F \
 			;; \
 		esac; \
 	done
@@ -26,12 +26,12 @@ create_vcxproj:
 create_props:
 	for F in `(cd $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10 && ls *.props)`; do \
 		case $$F in \
-			*)	cat $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10/$$F | sed 's/10/11/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs11/$$F \
+			*)	cat $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs10/$$F | sed 's/10/$(MSVC_VER)/g' > $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs$(MSVC_VER)/$$F \
 			;; \
 		esac; \
 	done
 
 copy_filters:
-	cp  $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/*.vcxproj.filters $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs11/
+	cp  $(top_srcdir)/build/win32/vs10/*.vcxproj.filters $(top_builddir)/build/win32/vs$(MSVC_VER)/
 
 
diff --git a/build/win32/Makefile.am b/build/win32/Makefile.am
index 7ee6648a2..8a9a8b4b1 100644
--- a/build/win32/Makefile.am
+++ b/build/win32/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@ SUBDIRS = 	\
 	dirent 	\
 	vs9     \
 	vs10	\
-	vs11
+	vs11	\
+	vs12
 
 EXTRA_DIST = 		\
 	make.msc 	\
diff --git a/build/win32/vs11/Makefile.am b/build/win32/vs11/Makefile.am
index 5058d7e93..57fc09646 100644
--- a/build/win32/vs11/Makefile.am
+++ b/build/win32/vs11/Makefile.am
@@ -39,4 +39,8 @@ DISTCLEANFILES = $(EXTRA_DIST)
 
 MSVC_SLN = glib
 
+MSVC_VER = 11
+
+MSVC_VER_LONG = 2012
+
 include $(top_srcdir)/build/Makefile-newvs.am
diff --git a/build/win32/vs12/.gitignore b/build/win32/vs12/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a7e3d4a30
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/win32/vs12/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+gio.vcxproj
+gio.vcxproj.filters
+glib-compile-resources.vcxproj
+glib-compile-resources.vcxproj.filters
+glib-compile-schemas.vcxproj
+glib-compile-schemas.vcxproj.filters
+glib-genmarshal.vcxproj
+glib-genmarshal.vcxproj.filters
+glib.vcxproj
+glib.vcxproj.filters
+gmodule.vcxproj
+gmodule.vcxproj.filters
+gobject.vcxproj
+gobject.vcxproj.filters
+gresource.vcxproj
+gresource.vcxproj.filters
+gsettings.vcxproj
+gsettings.vcxproj.filters
+gspawn-win32-helper-console.vcxproj
+gspawn-win32-helper-console.vcxproj.filters
+gspawn-win32-helper.vcxproj
+gspawn-win32-helper.vcxproj.filters
+gthread.vcxproj
+gthread.vcxproj.filters
+install.vcxproj
+glib.sln
+README.txt
+glib-build-defines.props
+glib-install.props
+glib-version-paths.props
+glibprepbuild.props
diff --git a/build/win32/vs12/Makefile.am b/build/win32/vs12/Makefile.am
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b15dc31d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/win32/vs12/Makefile.am
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+EXTRA_DIST = \
+	README.txt \
+	glib.sln \
+	glib.vcxproj \
+	glib.vcxproj.filters \
+	glib-genmarshal.vcxproj \
+	glib-genmarshal.vcxproj.filters \
+	gspawn-win32-helper-console.vcxproj \
+	gspawn-win32-helper-console.vcxproj.filters \
+	gspawn-win32-helper.vcxproj \
+	gspawn-win32-helper.vcxproj.filters \
+	gmodule.vcxproj \
+	gmodule.vcxproj.filters \
+	gobject.vcxproj \
+	gobject.vcxproj.filters \
+	gthread.vcxproj \
+	gthread.vcxproj.filters \
+	gio.vcxproj \
+	gio.vcxproj.filters \
+	glib-compile-schemas.vcxproj \
+	glib-compile-schemas.vcxproj.filters \
+	gsettings.vcxproj \
+	gsettings.vcxproj.filters \
+	glib-compile-resources.vcxproj \
+	glib-compile-resources.vcxproj.filters \
+	gresource.vcxproj \
+	gresource.vcxproj.filters \
+	gio-querymodules.vcxproj \
+	gio-querymodules.vcxproj.filters \
+	gdbus.vcxproj \
+	gdbus.vcxproj.filters \
+	install.vcxproj	\
+	glib-build-defines.props	\
+	glib-install.props	\
+	glib-version-paths.props	\
+	glib-gen-srcs.props
+
+DISTCLEANFILES = $(EXTRA_DIST)
+
+MSVC_SLN = glib
+
+MSVC_VER = 12
+
+MSVC_VER_LONG = 2013
+
+include $(top_srcdir)/build/Makefile-newvs.am
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 108a41188..6ede842fc 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -3602,6 +3602,7 @@ build/win32/dirent/Makefile
 build/win32/vs9/Makefile
 build/win32/vs10/Makefile
 build/win32/vs11/Makefile
+build/win32/vs12/Makefile
 glib/Makefile
 glib/glib.stp
 glib/libcharset/Makefile