diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3cbfa3d6..ca83bbdf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -55,11 +55,15 @@ INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_synergyc.txt)
 INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_synergys.txt)
 INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_launcher.txt)
 
-# Setup the CPack config.
-INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_cpack.txt)
+if (CONF_CPACK)
+   # Setup the CPack config.
+   INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_cpack.txt)
+endif()
 
-# Setup doxygen
-INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_doxygen.txt)
+if (CONF_DOXYGEN)
+   # Setup doxygen
+   INCLUDE(${cmake_dir}/CMakeLists_doxygen.txt)
+endif()
 
 IF(WIN32)
 	# add /analyze in order to unconver potential bugs in the source code
diff --git a/build/commands.py b/build/commands.py
index 045618c0..082ae102 100644
--- a/build/commands.py
+++ b/build/commands.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 			'Command line build: %s build'
 			) % (self.this_cmd, self.this_cmd)
 
-	def configure_internal(self, target=''):
+	def configure_internal(self, target='', extraArgs=''):
 		
 		cmake_args = ''
 
@@ -171,9 +171,12 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		if not generator.startswith('Visual Studio'):
 			sourceDir += '/..'
 		
+		if extraArgs != '':
+			cmake_args += ' ' + extraArgs
+
 		cmake_cmd_string = _cmake_cmd + cmake_args + ' ' + sourceDir
 		
-		print "Configuring with CMake (%s)..." % cmake_cmd_string
+		print "CMake command: " + cmake_cmd_string
 		
 		# Run from build dir so we have an out-of-source build.
 		self.try_chdir(self.getBinDir(target))
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 			self.persist_qmake()
 			
 			qmake_cmd_string = self.qmake_cmd + ' ' + self.qtpro_filename
-			print "Configuring with QMake (%s)..." % qmake_cmd_string
+			print "QMake command: " + qmake_cmd_string
 			
 			# run qmake from the gui dir
 			self.try_chdir(self.gui_dir)
@@ -363,7 +366,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		else:
 			raise Exception('Unsupported platform: ' + sys.platform)
 		
-		print 'Running %s...' % gui_make_cmd
+		print 'Make GUI command: ' + gui_make_cmd
 		
 		# HACK: don't know how to build in either debug or release on unix; 
 		# always builds release!
@@ -436,10 +439,35 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		if err != 0:
 			raise Exception('doxygen failed with error code: ' + str(err))
 				
-	def dist(self, type):
+	def dist(self, type, vcRedistDir):
 
 		# Package is supported by default.
 		package_unsupported = False
+		unixTarget = 'release'
+		confArgs = '-DCONF_CPACK:BOOL=TRUE'
+		
+		generator = self.get_generator_from_config()
+		if generator.startswith('Visual Studio'):
+
+			if vcRedistDir =='':
+				raise Exception(
+					'VC++ redist dir path not specified (--vcredist-dir).')
+
+			# escape path separators for cmake
+			vcRedistDir = vcRedistDir.replace('\\', '\\\\')
+
+			vcRedistArch = 'x86'
+			if generator.endswith('Win64'):
+				vcRedistArch = 'x64'
+			
+			vcRedistFile = 'vcredist_' + vcRedistArch + '.exe'
+
+			confArgs += (' -DVCREDIST_DIR:STRING=' + vcRedistDir +
+						 ' -DVCREDIST_FILE:STRING=' + vcRedistFile)
+			
+			self.configure_internal('', confArgs)
+		else:
+			self.configure_internal(unixTarget, confArgs)
 
 		if type == None:
 			self.dist_usage()
@@ -447,19 +475,19 @@ class InternalCommands:
 			
 		elif type == 'src':
 			if sys.platform in ['linux2', 'darwin']:
-				self.dist_run('make package_source')
+				self.dist_run('make package_source', unixTarget)
 			else:
 				package_unsupported = True
 			
 		elif type == 'rpm':
 			if sys.platform == 'linux2':
-				self.dist_run('cpack -G RPM')
+				self.dist_run('cpack -G RPM', unixTarget)
 			else:
 				package_unsupported = True
 			
 		elif type == 'deb':
 			if sys.platform == 'linux2':
-				self.dist_run('cpack -G DEB')
+				self.dist_run('cpack -G DEB', unixTarget)
 			else:
 				package_unsupported = True
 			
@@ -471,7 +499,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 			
 		elif type == 'mac':
 			if sys.platform == 'darwin':
-				self.dist_run('cpack -G PackageMaker')
+				self.dist_run('cpack -G PackageMaker', unixTarget)
 			else:
 				package_unsupported = True
 			
@@ -550,8 +578,9 @@ class InternalCommands:
 		replace = '\g<1>-r' + self.find_revision() + '\g<2>'
 		return re.sub(pattern, replace, self.dist_name(type))
 	
-	def dist_run(self, command):
-		self.try_chdir(self.getBinDir('release'))
+	def dist_run(self, command, target=''):
+		self.try_chdir(self.getBinDir(target))
+		print 'CPack command: ' + command
 		err = os.system(command)
 		self.restore_chdir()
 		if err != 0:
@@ -579,16 +608,19 @@ class InternalCommands:
 
 		# Ensure temp build dir exists.
 		if not os.path.exists(dir):
+			print 'Creating dir: ' + dir
 			os.mkdir(dir)
 
 		global prevdir    
 		prevdir = os.path.abspath(os.curdir)
 
 		# It will exist by this point, so it's safe to chdir.
+		print 'Entering dir: ' + dir
 		os.chdir(dir)
 
 	def restore_chdir(self):
 		global prevdir
+		print 'Going back to: ' + prevdir
 		os.chdir(prevdir)
 
 	def open_internal(self, project_filename, application = ''):
@@ -845,6 +877,7 @@ class InternalCommands:
 class CommandHandler:
 	ic = InternalCommands()
 	build_targets = []
+	vcRedistDir = ''
 	
 	def __init__(self, argv, opts, args, verbose):
 		
@@ -864,6 +897,8 @@ class CommandHandler:
 				self.build_targets += ['debug',]
 			elif o in ('-r', '--release'):
 				self.build_targets += ['release',]
+			elif o == '--vcredist-dir':
+				self.vcRedistDir = a
 	
 	def about(self):
 		self.ic.about()
@@ -896,9 +931,9 @@ class CommandHandler:
 		
 		type = None
 		if len(self.args) > 0:
-			type = self.args[0]
+			type = self.args[0]		
 				
-		self.ic.dist(type)
+		self.ic.dist(type, self.vcRedistDir)
 
 	def distftp(self):
 		type = None
diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists_cpack.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists_cpack.txt
index 78855bbb..5bbdbb10 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists_cpack.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists_cpack.txt
@@ -32,7 +32,24 @@ IF(WIN32)
 	INSTALL(
 		FILES
 		bin/Release/qsynergy.exe
+		COMPONENT qsynergy
 		DESTINATION bin)
+
+	set(CPACK_COMPONENT_QSYNERGY_DISPLAY_NAME "Graphical User Interface")
+	
+	set(VCREDIST_PATH "${VCREDIST_DIR}\\\\${VCREDIST_FILE}")
+	
+	install(
+		PROGRAMS
+		${VCREDIST_PATH}
+		COMPONENT vcredist
+		DESTINATION redist)
+	
+	set(CPACK_COMPONENT_VCREDIST_DISPLAY_NAME "Visual C++ 2008 Redistributable")
+
+	set(CPACK_NSIS_EXTRA_INSTALL_COMMANDS "
+	  ExecWait '\\\"$INSTDIR\\\\redist\\\\${VCREDIST_FILE}\\\" /install /q'")
+
 ELSE(WIN32)
 	IF(APPLE)
 		# TODO: how the hell do we distribute mac apps?
diff --git a/hm.py b/hm.py
index 4ecfd040..495036fc 100644
--- a/hm.py
+++ b/hm.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ cmd_opt_dict = {
 	'update'    : ['', []],
 	'install'   : ['', []],
 	'doxygen'   : ['', []],
-	'dist'      : ['', []],
+	'dist'      : ['', ['vcredist-dir=',]],
 	'distftp'   : ['', ['host=', 'user=', 'pass=', 'dir=']],
 	'kill'      : ['', []],
 	'usage'     : ['', []],