diff --git a/Makefile.vc b/Makefile.vc
index da9063cb..563fb01f 100644
--- a/Makefile.vc
+++ b/Makefile.vc
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ CFGSET = TRUE
 X_OBJS= \
 	$(DIROBJ)\dec\bits.obj \
 	$(DIROBJ)\dec\dsp.obj \
+	$(DIROBJ)\dec\dsp_sse2.obj \
 	$(DIROBJ)\dec\frame.obj \
 	$(DIROBJ)\dec\quant.obj \
 	$(DIROBJ)\dec\tree.obj \
diff --git a/src/dec/dsp.c b/src/dec/dsp.c
index e1eea15b..59ba1a3f 100644
--- a/src/dec/dsp.c
+++ b/src/dec/dsp.c
@@ -730,7 +730,7 @@ void VP8DspInit(void) {
   // If defined, use CPUInfo() to overwrite some pointers with faster versions.
   if (VP8DecGetCPUInfo) {
     if (VP8DecGetCPUInfo(kSSE2)) {
-#if defined(__SSE2__)
+#if defined(__SSE2__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
       VP8DspInitSSE2();
 #endif
     }
diff --git a/src/dec/dsp_sse2.c b/src/dec/dsp_sse2.c
index f42a1a00..63cf61b9 100644
--- a/src/dec/dsp_sse2.c
+++ b/src/dec/dsp_sse2.c
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // Author: somnath@google.com (Somnath Banerjee)
 //         cduvivier@google.com (Christian Duvivier)
 
-#if defined(__SSE2__)
+#if defined(__SSE2__) || defined(_MSC_VER)
 
 #include <emmintrin.h>
 #include "vp8i.h"