diff --git a/dlls/compile.bat b/dlls/compile.bat
index 0106f56d..f97806a5 100644
--- a/dlls/compile.bat
+++ b/dlls/compile.bat
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ set LIBS=user32.lib
 set OUTNAME=hl.dll
 set DEBUG=/debug
 
-cl %DEFINES% %LIBS% %SOURCES% %INCLUDES% -o %OUTNAME% /link /dll /out:%OUTNAME% %DEBUG%
+cl %DEFINES% %LIBS% %SOURCES% %INCLUDES% -o %OUTNAME% /link /dll /out:%OUTNAME% %DEBUG% /def:".\hl.def"
 
 echo -- Compile done. Cleaning...
 
diff --git a/dlls/h_export.cpp b/dlls/h_export.cpp
index 88353c7c..11884f9c 100644
--- a/dlls/h_export.cpp
+++ b/dlls/h_export.cpp
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@ BOOL WINAPI DllMain( HINSTANCE hinstDLL, DWORD fdwReason, LPVOID lpvReserved )
 	return TRUE;
 }
 
-// cdecl for win32
-#define EXPORT2 WINAPIV
+// stdcall for win32
+#define EXPORT2 WINAPI
 #else
 #define EXPORT2
 #endif
diff --git a/dlls/hl.def b/dlls/hl.def
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c009191a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dlls/hl.def
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+LIBRARY hl
+EXPORTS
+	GiveFnptrsToDll			@1
+SECTIONS
+	.data READ WRITE
diff --git a/dlls/wscript b/dlls/wscript
index 854bbb73..33d37185 100644
--- a/dlls/wscript
+++ b/dlls/wscript
@@ -10,8 +10,15 @@ def options(opt):
 	return
 
 def configure(conf):
-	# stub
-	return
+	if conf.env.COMPILER_CC == 'msvc':
+		# hl.def removes MSVC function name decoration from GiveFnptrsToDll on Windows.
+		# Without this, the lookup for this function fails.
+		hlDefNode = conf.path.find_resource("./hl.def")
+
+		if hlDefNode is not None:
+			conf.env.append_unique('LINKFLAGS', '/def:%s' % hlDefNode.abspath())
+		else:
+			conf.fatal("Could not find hl.def")
 
 def build(bld):
 	source = bld.path.parent.ant_glob([