diff --git a/win32/hexchat.props b/win32/hexchat.props
index 39c017d5..f94e9202 100644
--- a/win32/hexchat.props
+++ b/win32/hexchat.props
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <!-- SPECIFY YOUR DEPENDENCY DIRECTORIES HERE -->
     <YourDepsPath>c:\mozilla-build\hexchat\build</YourDepsPath>
     <YourGendefPath>c:\mozilla-build\gendef</YourGendefPath>
+    <YourMsgfmtPath>c:\mozilla-build\msgfmt</YourMsgfmtPath>
     <YourTclPath>c:\mozilla-build\tcl-8.5</YourTclPath>
     <YourPerl512Path>c:\mozilla-build\perl-5.12</YourPerl512Path>
     <YourPerl514Path>c:\mozilla-build\perl-5.14</YourPerl514Path>
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@
     <OwnFlags>G_DISABLE_CAST_CHECKS;G_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;GDK_PIXBUF_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;GDK_DISABLE_DEPRECATED;HAVE_STRTOULL;strtoull=_strtoui64;strcasecmp=stricmp;strncasecmp=strnicmp;__inline__=__inline;</OwnFlags>
     <DepsRoot>$(YourDepsPath)\$(PlatformName)</DepsRoot>
     <GendefPath>$(YourGendefPath)</GendefPath>
+    <MsgfmtPath>$(YourMsgfmtPath)</MsgfmtPath>
     <LuaLib>lua51</LuaLib>
     <LuaOutput>hclua</LuaOutput>
     <TclPath>$(YourTclPath)\$(PlatformName)</TclPath>
diff --git a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
index 6af798eb..3d0315bf 100644
--- a/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
+++ b/win32/nls/nls.vcxproj
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ rmdir /q /s "$(OutDir)\locale"
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale"
 for %%A in (*.po) do (
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES"
-"$(DepsRoot)\bin\msgfmt" -co "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES\hexchat.mo" %%A
+"$(MsgfmtPath)\msgfmt" -co "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES\hexchat.mo" %%A
 )</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ rmdir /q /s "$(OutDir)\locale"
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale"
 for %%A in (*.po) do (
 mkdir "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES"
-"$(DepsRoot)\bin\msgfmt" -co "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES\hexchat.mo" %%A
+"$(MsgfmtPath)\msgfmt" -co "$(OutDir)\locale\%%~nA\LC_MESSAGES\hexchat.mo" %%A
 )</Command>
     </PreBuildEvent>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>