diff --git a/build/ChangeLog b/build/ChangeLog
index f2d958199..8ae924e43 100644
--- a/build/ChangeLog
+++ b/build/ChangeLog
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 	user of the project file probably needs to edit anyway depending
 	on their directory structure). Drop the nonexistent gi18n.c
 	file. Drop dirent as gdir.c includes dirent.h and wdirent.c
-	directly.
+	directly. Handle also G_GNUC_FORMAT in the custom build step for
+	glib.symbols.
 
 2008-08-02  Tor Lillqvist  <tml@novell.com>
 
diff --git a/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj b/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
index ff0d7a75e..6ed7e834a 100644
--- a/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
+++ b/build/win32/vs8/glib.vcproj
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@
 					<Tool
 						Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
 						Description="Generating glib.def"
-						CommandLine="echo EXPORTS &gt; $(InputDir)/glib.def &amp;&amp; cl /EP -DINCLUDE_VARIABLES -DG_OS_WIN32 -DINCLUDE_INTERNAL_SYMBOLS -DALL_FILES -DG_GNUC_MALLOC= -DG_GNUC_CONST= -DG_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED= -DG_GNUC_NORETURN= -DG_GNUC_PRINTF=;G_GNUC_PRINTF $(InputPath) &gt;&gt; $(InputDir)/glib.def&#x0D;&#x0A;"
+						CommandLine="echo EXPORTS &gt; $(InputDir)/glib.def &amp;&amp; cl /EP -DINCLUDE_VARIABLES -DG_OS_WIN32 -DINCLUDE_INTERNAL_SYMBOLS -DALL_FILES -DG_GNUC_MALLOC= -DG_GNUC_CONST= -DG_GNUC_NULL_TERMINATED= -DG_GNUC_NORETURN= -DG_GNUC_PRINTF=;G_GNUC_PRINTF -DG_GNUC_FORMAT=;G_GNUC_FORMAT $(InputPath) &gt;&gt; $(InputDir)/glib.def&#x0D;&#x0A;"
 						Outputs="$(InputDir)/glib.def"
 					/>
 				</FileConfiguration>