diff --git a/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/contrib_includedirs.vsprops b/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/contrib_includedirs.vsprops
index 568ac052f..02ad011ca 100644
--- a/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/contrib_includedirs.vsprops
+++ b/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/contrib_includedirs.vsprops
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 	>
 	<Tool
 		Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-		AdditionalIncludeDirectories="../../../contrib/hunspell/src;../../../aegisub/src/msvc"
+		AdditionalIncludeDirectories="&quot;$(ProjectDir)../../../contrib/hunspell/src/&quot;;&quot;$(ProjectDir)../../src/msvc/&quot;"
 	/>
 </VisualStudioPropertySheet>
diff --git a/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/shipped_stub_libs_dir.vsprops b/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/shipped_stub_libs_dir.vsprops
index 29d03b70f..50b9bac52 100644
--- a/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/shipped_stub_libs_dir.vsprops
+++ b/aegisub/build/aegisub_vs2008/shipped_stub_libs_dir.vsprops
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
-<?xml version="1.0"?>
-<VisualStudioPropertySheet 
-	ProjectType="Visual C++" 
-	Version="8.00" 
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
+<VisualStudioPropertySheet
+	ProjectType="Visual C++"
+	Version="8.00"
 	Name="shipped_stub_libs_dir"
 	>
+	<Tool
+		Name="VCLinkerTool"
+		AdditionalLibraryDirectories="$(ProjectDir)../../lib/"
+	/>
 </VisualStudioPropertySheet>
diff --git a/aegisub/src/libauto3/auto3_vc9.vsprops b/aegisub/src/libauto3/auto3_vc9.vsprops
index 5001be863..2b0c3b29a 100644
--- a/aegisub/src/libauto3/auto3_vc9.vsprops
+++ b/aegisub/src/libauto3/auto3_vc9.vsprops
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
 	>
 	<Tool
 		Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
-		AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(ProjectDir)../../contrib/lua50/include/"
-		PreprocessorDefinitions="_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS"
+		AdditionalIncludeDirectories="$(ProjectDir)../../../contrib/lua50/include/"
+		PreprocessorDefinitions="_CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS;AUTO3LIB"
 	/>
 	<Tool
 		Name="VCLinkerTool"