diff --git a/project/msvc/grafx2-win32.vcxproj b/project/msvc/grafx2-win32.vcxproj
index 04dc1c4e..a587b519 100644
--- a/project/msvc/grafx2-win32.vcxproj
+++ b/project/msvc/grafx2-win32.vcxproj
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOTTF;__ENABLE_LUA__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_USE_MATH_DEFINES;WIN32;_DEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PNGIncDir);$(LuaIncDir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>lua53.lib;libpng16.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PNGLibDir);$(LuaLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>lua53.lib;libpng16.lib;zlib.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PNGLibDirDebug);$(LuaLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
@@ -70,13 +71,14 @@
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>NOTTF;__ENABLE_LUA__;_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;_USE_MATH_DEFINES;WIN32;NDEBUG;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <DisableSpecificWarnings>4244</DisableSpecificWarnings>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(PNGIncDir);$(LuaIncDir);%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreaded</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
-      <AdditionalDependencies>lua53.lib;libpng16.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
-      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PNGLibDir);$(LuaLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
+      <AdditionalDependencies>lua53.lib;libpng16.lib;zlib.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>$(PNGLibDirRelease);$(LuaLibDir);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
diff --git a/project/msvc/libraries.props b/project/msvc/libraries.props
index 92d287dc..f8ac9b5f 100644
--- a/project/msvc/libraries.props
+++ b/project/msvc/libraries.props
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
     <LuaIncDir>..\..\..\..\lua\include</LuaIncDir>
     <LuaLibDir>..\..\..\..\lua</LuaLibDir>
     <PNGIncDir>..\..\..\..\lpng1634</PNGIncDir>
-    <PNGLibDir>..\..\..\..\lpng1634\projects\vstudio\Debug</PNGLibDir>
+    <PNGLibDirDebug>..\..\..\..\lpng1634\projects\vstudio\Debug Library</PNGLibDirDebug>
+    <PNGLibDirRelease>..\..\..\..\lpng1634\projects\vstudio\Release Library</PNGLibDirRelease>
   </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>