diff --git a/build/ChangeLog b/build/ChangeLog
index 2732bbcdb..dab9c45b0 100644
--- a/build/ChangeLog
+++ b/build/ChangeLog
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 	* win32/vs8/*.vcproj: Update to match the Makefile.am files. Drop
 	G*_EXPORTS from PreprocessorDefinitions, nothing looks for such
 	macros. Add G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED. Add PCRE_STATIC for glib to
-	avoid exporting the pcre functions. Add G_LOG_DOMAIN for gobject.
+	avoid exporting the pcre functions. Add DLL_EXPORT to glib to
+	export also the GLIB_VAR variables that aren't mentioned in
+	glib.symbols. Add G_LOG_DOMAIN for gobject.
 
 2008-08-27  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
diff --git a/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj b/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
index e7007665b..cb78465a7 100644
--- a/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
+++ b/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				Optimization="0"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../..;../dirent;../../../glib;&quot;../../../../dependencies/win32/proxy-libintl-20080418/include&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;GLIB_COMPILATION;HAVE_CONFIG_H;G_LOG_DOMAIN=\&quot;Glib\&quot;;G_ENABLE_DEBUG;G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;PCRE_STATIC;LINK_SIZE=2;MAX_NAME_SIZE=32;MAX_NAME_COUNT=10000;NEWLINE=-1;POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10;MATCH_LIMIT=10000000;MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION=10000000"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;GLIB_COMPILATION;DLL_EXPORT;HAVE_CONFIG_H;G_LOG_DOMAIN=\&quot;Glib\&quot;;G_ENABLE_DEBUG;G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;PCRE_STATIC;LINK_SIZE=2;MAX_NAME_SIZE=32;MAX_NAME_COUNT=10000;NEWLINE=-1;POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10;MATCH_LIMIT=10000000;MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION=10000000"
 				MinimalRebuild="true"
 				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
 				RuntimeLibrary="3"
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
 				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../..;../dirent;../../../glib;&quot;../../../../dependencies/proxy-libintl-20080418/include&quot;"
-				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;GLIB_COMPILATION;HAVE_CONFIG_H;G_LOG_DOMAIN=\&quot;Glib\&quot;;G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;PCRE_STATIC;LINK_SIZE=2;MAX_NAME_SIZE=32;MAX_NAME_COUNT=10000;NEWLINE=-1;POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10;MATCH_LIMIT=10000000;MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION=10000000"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;GLIB_COMPILATION;DLL_EXPORT;HAVE_CONFIG_H;G_LOG_DOMAIN=\&quot;Glib\&quot;;G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;PCRE_STATIC;LINK_SIZE=2;MAX_NAME_SIZE=32;MAX_NAME_COUNT=10000;NEWLINE=-1;POSIX_MALLOC_THRESHOLD=10;MATCH_LIMIT=10000000;MATCH_LIMIT_RECURSION=10000000"
 				RuntimeLibrary="2"
 				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
 				WarningLevel="3"