diff --git a/mswin32/nmap.sln b/mswin32/nmap.sln
index 96684aef7..c9e3d8d40 100644
--- a/mswin32/nmap.sln
+++ b/mswin32/nmap.sln
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "liblua", "..\liblua\liblua.vcproj", "{31FB0767-A71F-4575-8379-002D72B8AF86}"
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "nse_bitlib", "..\nselib\nse_bitlib.vcproj", "{FB7F6FD2-A39D-40A1-86DD-9B08370BDEA6}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{31FB0767-A71F-4575-8379-002D72B8AF86} = {31FB0767-A71F-4575-8379-002D72B8AF86}
+		{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85} = {AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "nse_pcrelib", "..\nselib\nse_pcrelib.vcproj", "{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
 		{31FB0767-A71F-4575-8379-002D72B8AF86} = {31FB0767-A71F-4575-8379-002D72B8AF86}
 	EndProjectSection
@@ -61,6 +67,10 @@ Global
 		{FB7F6FD2-A39D-40A1-86DD-9B08370BDEA6}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		{FB7F6FD2-A39D-40A1-86DD-9B08370BDEA6}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
 		{FB7F6FD2-A39D-40A1-86DD-9B08370BDEA6}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionProperties) = preSolution
 		HideSolutionNode = FALSE
diff --git a/nselib/nse_pcrelib.vcproj b/nselib/nse_pcrelib.vcproj
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acc13d71f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nselib/nse_pcrelib.vcproj
@@ -0,0 +1,203 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
+<VisualStudioProject
+	ProjectType="Visual C++"
+	Version="8,00"
+	Name="nse_pcrelib"
+	ProjectGUID="{AC2E7983-2E05-4CDB-96E3-7A03B01DCE85}"
+	RootNamespace="nse_pcrelib"
+	Keyword="Win32Proj"
+	>
+	<Platforms>
+		<Platform
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
+	<Configurations>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="Debug"
+			IntermediateDirectory="Debug"
+			ConfigurationType="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\libpcre;..\liblua"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NSE_PCRELIB_EXPORTS;LUA_BUILD_AS_DLL;LUA_LIB"
+				MinimalRebuild="false"
+				ExceptionHandling="0"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="0"
+				RuntimeLibrary="3"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="4"
+				CompileAs="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="liblua.lib libpcre.lib"
+				OutputFile=".\pcre.dll"
+				LinkIncremental="2"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\libpcre;..\liblua"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				SubSystem="2"
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="Release"
+			IntermediateDirectory="Release"
+			ConfigurationType="2"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\libpcre;..\liblua"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;NSE_PCRELIB_EXPORTS;LUA_BUILD_AS_DLL;LUA_LIB"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="true"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"
+				CompileAs="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="liblua.lib libpcre.lib"
+				OutputFile=".\pcre.dll"
+				LinkIncremental="2"
+				AdditionalLibraryDirectories="..\libpcre;..\liblua"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="true"
+				SubSystem="2"
+				OptimizeReferences="2"
+				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+	</Configurations>
+	<References>
+	</References>
+	<Files>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Header Files"
+			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl;inc;xsd"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{93995380-89BD-4b04-88EB-625FBE52EBFB}"
+			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath=".\pcre.h"
+				>
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Source Files"
+			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
+			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath=".\pcre.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+	</Files>
+	<Globals>
+	</Globals>
+</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/nselib/pcre.h b/nselib/pcre.h
index 54b63ca69..637396277 100644
--- a/nselib/pcre.h
+++ b/nselib/pcre.h
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 #ifndef PCRE_H
 #define PCRE_H
 
+#ifdef WIN32
+#define snprintf _snprintf
+#endif /* WIN32 */
 #define NSE_PCRELIBNAME "pcre"
 
 LUALIB_API int luaopen_pcre(lua_State *L);