diff --git a/windows/installer.nsi b/windows/installer.nsi
index 5cfa2acb..3948fbf9 100755
--- a/windows/installer.nsi
+++ b/windows/installer.nsi
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 !define APP_EXE        "llcon.exe"
 !define UNINSTALL_EXE  "Uninstall.exe"
 !define INSTALLER_NAME "llconinstaller.exe"
+!define VS_REDIST_PATH "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio 8\SDK\v2.0\BootStrapper\Packages\vcredist_x86\"
+!define VS_REDIST_EXE  "vcredist_x86.exe"
 
 
 SetCompressor lzma
@@ -32,6 +34,12 @@ Section
   ; other files
   File             "..\COPYING"
 
+  ; temporarily create Microsoft Visual Studio redistributable,
+  ; call it, and delete it afterwards
+  File             "${VS_REDIST_PATH}${VS_REDIST_EXE}"
+  ExecWait         '"$INSTDIR\${VS_REDIST_EXE}" /Q'
+  Delete           $INSTDIR\${VS_REDIST_EXE}
+  
   ; uninstaller
   WriteUninstaller $INSTDIR\${UNINSTALL_EXE}