diff --git a/mswin32/Makefile b/mswin32/Makefile
index fedfcbacd..052c9fcbb 100644
--- a/mswin32/Makefile
+++ b/mswin32/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ MAKENSIS=/c/apps/NSIS/makensis.exe
 VCEXPRESS="/c/Program Files/Microsoft Visual Studio 8/Common7/IDE/VCExpress.exe"
 export NMAP_VERSION := $(shell grep '^\#[ \t]*define[ \t]\+NMAP_VERSION' ../nmap.h | sed -e 's/.*"\(.*\)".*/\1/' -e 'q')
 LOGLOC=c:nmapbuild.log
+NSE_FILES = scripts/script.db scripts/*.nse
 
 winbuild:
 # VCExpress.exe is devenv.com with the commercial Visual Studio suite instead of VC++ Express
@@ -9,7 +10,9 @@ winbuild:
 	$(MAKENSIS) winpcap/winpcap-nmap.nsi
 	rm -rf nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	mkdir nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
-	cd Release && cp -r ../../CHANGELOG ../../COPYING scripts nmap-mac-prefixes nmap-os-fingerprints nmap-os-db nmap-protocols nmap-rpc nmap-service-probes nmap-services nmap.exe nmap.xsl ../nmap_performance.reg ../../README-WIN32 ../nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)/
+	cd Release && cp -r ../../CHANGELOG ../../COPYING nmap-mac-prefixes nmap-os-fingerprints nmap-os-db nmap-protocols nmap-rpc nmap-service-probes nmap-services nmap.exe nmap.xsl ../nmap_performance.reg ../../README-WIN32 ../nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)/
+	mkdir nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)/scripts
+	cd Release && cp -f $(NSE_FILES) ../nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)/scripts/
 	zip -r nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)-win32.zip nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	cp winpcap/winpcap-nmap-*.exe nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)
 	cp nsis/AddToPath.nsh nsis/Nmap.nsi nmap-$(NMAP_VERSION)