diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
index 0439b82f55e243..5e97f2ff99d344 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ sub createProject {
     $defines =~ s/>/>/g;
     $defines =~ s/\'//g;
 
+    my $rcdefines = $defines;
+    $rcdefines =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\$&/g;
+
     my $dir = $vcxproj;
     $dir =~ s/\/[^\/]*$//;
     die "Could not create the directory $dir for $label project!\n" unless (-d "$dir" || mkdir "$dir");
@@ -203,6 +206,9 @@ EOM
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;$defines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;$rcdefines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
@@ -216,6 +222,9 @@ EOM
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;$rcdefines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -225,9 +234,15 @@ EOM
   <ItemGroup>
 EOM
     foreach(@sources) {
-        print F << "EOM";
+        if (/\.rc$/) {
+            print F << "EOM";
+    <ResourceCompile Include="$_" />
+EOM
+        } else {
+            print F << "EOM";
     <ClCompile Include="$_" />
 EOM
+        }
     }
     print F << "EOM";
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
index 4243784e8a6b6e..82849812212efc 100755
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ sub parseMakeOutput
             next;
         }
 
-        if($text =~ / -c /) {
+        if($text =~ / -c / || $text =~ / -i \S+\.rc /) {
             # compilation
             handleCompileLine($text, $line);
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ sub handleCompileLine
         if ("$part" eq "-o") {
             # ignore object file
             shift @parts;
-        } elsif ("$part" eq "-c") {
+        } elsif ("$part" eq "-c" || "$part" eq "-i") {
             # ignore compile flag
         } elsif ($part =~ /^.?-I/) {
             push(@incpaths, $part);
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ sub handleCompileLine
             push(@defines, $part);
         } elsif ($part =~ /^-/) {
             push(@cflags, $part);
-        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(c|cc|cpp)$/) {
+        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(c|cc|cpp|rc)$/) {
             $sourcefile = $part;
         } else {
             die "Unhandled compiler option @ line $lineno: $part";
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ sub handleLinkLine
             push(@libs, $part);
         } elsif ($part eq 'invalidcontinue.obj') {
             # ignore - known to MSVC
-        } elsif ($part =~ /\.o$/) {
+        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(o|res)$/) {
             push(@objfiles, $part);
         } elsif ($part =~ /\.obj$/) {
             # do nothing, 'make' should not be producing .obj, only .o files
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ sub handleLinkLine
         my $sourcefile = $_;
         $sourcefile =~ s/^headless-git\.o$/compat\/win32\/headless.c/;
         $sourcefile =~ s/\.o$/.c/;
+        $sourcefile =~ s/\.res$/.rc/;
         push(@sources, $sourcefile);
         push(@cflags, @{$compile_options{"${sourcefile}_CFLAGS"}});
         push(@defines, @{$compile_options{"${sourcefile}_DEFINES"}});