diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.props b/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.props
index 33c2c1a6..bcb9b80b 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2010/libsodium/libsodium.props
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
     <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Configuration -->
+  
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4146;4244;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
@@ -18,4 +23,10 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
+  <!-- Messages -->
+
+  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Message Text="Will copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h -&gt; $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h" Importance="high"/>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.props b/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.props
index 33c2c1a6..bcb9b80b 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2012/libsodium/libsodium.props
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
     <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Configuration -->
+  
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4146;4244;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
@@ -18,4 +23,10 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
+  <!-- Messages -->
+
+  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Message Text="Will copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h -&gt; $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h" Importance="high"/>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
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diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.props b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.props
index 33c2c1a6..bcb9b80b 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2013/libsodium/libsodium.props
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
     <RunCodeAnalysis>false</RunCodeAnalysis>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- Configuration -->
+  
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+    <PreBuildEvent>
+      <Command>copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\</Command>
+    </PreBuildEvent>
     <ClCompile>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include;$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4146;4244;%(DisableSpecificWarnings)</DisableSpecificWarnings>
@@ -18,4 +23,10 @@
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
 
+  <!-- Messages -->
+
+  <Target Name="CustomInfo" BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild">
+    <Message Text="Will copy $(ProjectDir)..\..\version.h -&gt; $(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\src\libsodium\include\sodium\version.h" Importance="high"/>
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>
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