diff --git a/Modules/getbuildinfo.c b/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
index 7b47aea7e48..a017dab062a 100644
--- a/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
+++ b/Modules/getbuildinfo.c
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#ifdef SUBWCREV
+#define SVNVERSION "$WCRANGE$$WCMODS?M:$"
+#endif
+
 const char *
 Py_GetBuildInfo(void)
 {
diff --git a/PCbuild/make_buildinfo.vcproj b/PCbuild/make_buildinfo.vcproj
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0c8a5df0d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PCbuild/make_buildinfo.vcproj
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="windows-1250"?>
+<VisualStudioProject
+	ProjectType="Visual C++"
+	Version="7.10"
+	Name="make_buildinfo"
+	ProjectGUID="{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}"
+	Keyword="Win32Proj">
+	<Platforms>
+		<Platform
+			Name="Win32"/>
+	</Platforms>
+	<Configurations>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Debug|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="."
+			IntermediateDirectory=".\x86-temp-release\make_buildinfo"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			CharacterSet="2">
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="0"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;_DEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				MinimalRebuild="TRUE"
+				BasicRuntimeChecks="3"
+				RuntimeLibrary="5"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
+				DebugInformationFormat="4"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/make_buildinfo.exe"
+				LinkIncremental="2"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile="$(OutDir)/make_buildinfo.pdb"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				TargetMachine="1"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+		</Configuration>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="."
+			IntermediateDirectory=".\x86-temp-release\make_buildinfo"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			CharacterSet="2">
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="WIN32;NDEBUG;_CONSOLE"
+				RuntimeLibrary="4"
+				UsePrecompiledHeader="0"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				Detect64BitPortabilityProblems="TRUE"
+				DebugInformationFormat="3"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				OutputFile="$(OutDir)/make_buildinfo.exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				GenerateDebugInformation="TRUE"
+				SubSystem="1"
+				OptimizeReferences="2"
+				EnableCOMDATFolding="2"
+				TargetMachine="1"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebDeploymentTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAuxiliaryManagedWrapperGeneratorTool"/>
+		</Configuration>
+	</Configurations>
+	<References>
+	</References>
+	<Files>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Source Files"
+			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
+			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}">
+			<File
+				RelativePath=".\make_buildinfo.c">
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+	</Files>
+	<Globals>
+	</Globals>
+</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln b/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
index 8f998c3697c..7ccab0aabb6 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
+++ b/PCbuild/pcbuild.sln
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pythoncore", "pythoncore.vcproj", "{CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26}"
 	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
 		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E} = {F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD} = {C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "pythonw", "pythonw.vcproj", "{F4229CC3-873C-49AE-9729-DD308ED4CD4A}"
@@ -79,6 +80,10 @@ Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "_elementtree", "_elementtre
 		{CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26} = {CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26}
 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "make_buildinfo", "make_buildinfo.vcproj", "{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}"
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
 		Debug = Debug
@@ -181,8 +186,15 @@ Global
 		{1966DDE2-4AB7-4E4E-ACC9-C121E4D37F8E}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{1966DDE2-4AB7-4E4E-ACC9-C121E4D37F8E}.ReleaseItanium.ActiveCfg = ReleaseItanium|Win32
 		{1966DDE2-4AB7-4E4E-ACC9-C121E4D37F8E}.ReleaseItanium.Build.0 = ReleaseItanium|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.ReleaseItanium.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{C73F0EC1-358B-4177-940F-0846AC8B04CD}.ReleaseItanium.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(SolutionItems) = postSolution
+		..\Modules\getbuildinfo.c = ..\Modules\getbuildinfo.c
 		readme.txt = readme.txt
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
diff --git a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
index cc56ca2aa2a..88ddf1abf4c 100644
--- a/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
+++ b/PCbuild/pythoncore.vcproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 	Version="7.10"
 	Name="pythoncore"
 	ProjectGUID="{7AFA1F0B-A8A1-455A-A832-BF263404BBEF}"
+	RootNamespace="pythoncore"
 	SccProjectName="pythoncore"
 	SccLocalPath="..">
 	<Platforms>
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="getbuildinfo.o"
 				OutputFile="./python25.dll"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
@@ -54,7 +56,9 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+				Description="generate buildinfo"
+				CommandLine="make_buildinfo.exe ${ConfigurationName}"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
@@ -94,6 +98,7 @@
 				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="getbuildinfo.o"
 				OutputFile="./python25_d.dll"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="TRUE"
@@ -111,7 +116,9 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+				Description="generate buildinfo"
+				CommandLine="make_buildinfo.exe $(ConfigurationName)"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="_DEBUG"
@@ -158,6 +165,7 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCLinkerTool"
 				AdditionalOptions=" /MACHINE:IA64 /USELINK:MS_SDK"
+				AdditionalDependencies="getbuildinfo.o"
 				OutputFile="./python25.dll"
 				LinkIncremental="1"
 				SuppressStartupBanner="FALSE"
@@ -175,7 +183,9 @@
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"/>
 			<Tool
-				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"/>
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+				Description="generate buildinfo"
+				CommandLine="make_buildinfo.exe ${ConfigurationName}"/>
 			<Tool
 				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
 				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
@@ -443,15 +453,6 @@
 		<File
 			RelativePath="..\Python\getargs.c">
 		</File>
-		<File
-			RelativePath="..\Modules\getbuildinfo.c">
-			<FileConfiguration
-				Name="Release|Win32">
-				<Tool
-					Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-					PreprocessorDefinitions="BUILD=\&quot;60\&quot;"/>
-			</FileConfiguration>
-		</File>
 		<File
 			RelativePath="..\Python\getcompiler.c">
 		</File>