diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
index 49afca0..b0691fb 100644
--- a/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/bdist_wininst.py
@@ -323,6 +323,6 @@
         directory = os.path.dirname(__file__)
         # we must use a wininst-x.y.exe built with the same C compiler
         # used for python.  XXX What about mingw, borland, and so on?
-        filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%s.exe" % bv)
+        filename = os.path.join(directory, "wininst-%.1f.exe" % bv)
         return open(filename, "rb").read()
 # class bdist_wininst
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.exe b/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.exe
rename to Lib/distutils/command/wininst-6.0.exe
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-8.exe b/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-8.0.exe
similarity index 100%
rename from Lib/distutils/command/wininst-8.exe
rename to Lib/distutils/command/wininst-8.0.exe
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-9.0.exe b/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-9.0.exe
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e0144c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Lib/distutils/command/wininst-9.0.exe
Binary files differ
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 377f33d..3854545 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -902,6 +902,8 @@
 Extension Modules
 -----------------
 
+- Added bdist_wininst executable for VS 2008.
+
 - Bug #1604: collections.deque.__init__(iterable) now clears any prior contents
   before adding elements from the iterable.  This fix brings the behavior into
   line with that for list.__init__().
diff --git a/PCbuild9/bdist_wininst.vcproj b/PCbuild9/bdist_wininst.vcproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..414f7ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/PCbuild9/bdist_wininst.vcproj
@@ -0,0 +1,177 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
+<VisualStudioProject
+	ProjectType="Visual C++"
+	Version="9,00"
+	Name="bdist_wininst"
+	ProjectGUID="{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}"
+	RootNamespace="wininst"
+	TargetFrameworkVersion="131072"
+	>
+	<Platforms>
+		<Platform
+			Name="Win32"
+		/>
+	</Platforms>
+	<ToolFiles>
+	</ToolFiles>
+	<Configurations>
+		<Configuration
+			Name="Release|Win32"
+			OutputDirectory="..\lib\distutils\command"
+			ConfigurationType="1"
+			InheritedPropertySheets=".\pyproject.vsprops;.\release.vsprops"
+			UseOfMFC="0"
+			ATLMinimizesCRunTimeLibraryUsage="false"
+			CharacterSet="0"
+			>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCustomBuildTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXMLDataGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCWebServiceProxyGeneratorTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCMIDLTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				MkTypLibCompatible="true"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				TargetEnvironment="1"
+				TypeLibraryName=".\..\lib\distutils\command\wininst.tlb"
+				HeaderFileName=""
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCCLCompilerTool"
+				Optimization="1"
+				InlineFunctionExpansion="1"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\PC\bdist_wininst;..\Include;..\Modules\zlib"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="_CRT_SECURE_NO_DEPRECATE;_CRT_NONSTDC_NO_DEPRECATE"
+				StringPooling="true"
+				RuntimeLibrary="2"
+				EnableFunctionLevelLinking="true"
+				WarningLevel="3"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManagedResourceCompilerTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCResourceCompilerTool"
+				PreprocessorDefinitions="NDEBUG"
+				Culture="0"
+				AdditionalIncludeDirectories="..\PC;..\PC\bdist_wininst;..\Include"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPreLinkEventTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCLinkerTool"
+				AdditionalDependencies="comctl32.lib imagehlp.lib"
+				OutputFile="..\lib\distutils\command\wininst-9.0.exe"
+				LinkIncremental="1"
+				SuppressStartupBanner="true"
+				IgnoreDefaultLibraryNames="LIBC"
+				ProgramDatabaseFile="..\lib\distutils\command\wininst-9.0.pdb"
+				SubSystem="2"
+				RandomizedBaseAddress="1"
+				DataExecutionPrevention="0"
+				TargetMachine="1"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCALinkTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCManifestTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCXDCMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCBscMakeTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCFxCopTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCAppVerifierTool"
+			/>
+			<Tool
+				Name="VCPostBuildEventTool"
+			/>
+		</Configuration>
+	</Configurations>
+	<References>
+	</References>
+	<Files>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Source Files"
+			Filter="cpp;c;cxx;rc;def;r;odl;idl;hpj;bat"
+			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\PC\bdist_wininst\extract.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\PC\bdist_wininst\install.c"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<Filter
+				Name="zlib"
+				>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\adler32.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\crc32.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\inffast.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\inflate.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\inftrees.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+				<File
+					RelativePath="..\Modules\zlib\zutil.c"
+					>
+				</File>
+			</Filter>
+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Header Files"
+			Filter="h;hpp;hxx;hm;inl"
+			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\PC\bdist_wininst\archive.h"
+				>
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+		<Filter
+			Name="Resource Files"
+			Filter="ico;cur;bmp;dlg;rc2;rct;bin;rgs;gif;jpg;jpeg;jpe"
+			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\PC\bdist_wininst\install.rc"
+				>
+			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\PC\bdist_wininst\PythonPowered.bmp"
+				>
+			</File>
+		</Filter>
+	</Files>
+	<Globals>
+	</Globals>
+</VisualStudioProject>
diff --git a/PCbuild9/pcbuild.sln b/PCbuild9/pcbuild.sln
index d81c3b4..ba8b005 100644
--- a/PCbuild9/pcbuild.sln
+++ b/PCbuild9/pcbuild.sln
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@
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 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "bdist_wininst", "bdist_wininst.vcproj", "{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Win32 = Debug|Win32
@@ -118,22 +120,6 @@
 		Release|x64 = Release|x64
 	EndGlobalSection
 	GlobalSection(ProjectConfigurationPlatforms) = postSolution
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-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
-		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{B11D750F-CD1F-4A96-85CE-E69A5C5259F9}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{B11D750F-CD1F-4A96-85CE-E69A5C5259F9}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		{B11D750F-CD1F-4A96-85CE-E69A5C5259F9}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
@@ -150,6 +136,22 @@
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 		{B11D750F-CD1F-4A96-85CE-E69A5C5259F9}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGInstrument|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.PGUpdate|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{F0E0541E-F17D-430B-97C4-93ADF0DD284E}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|Win32
 		{CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
 		{CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
 		{CF7AC3D1-E2DF-41D2-BEA6-1E2556CDEA26}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
@@ -454,6 +456,14 @@
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 		{D06B6426-4762-44CC-8BAD-D79052507F2F}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.PGInstrument|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.PGInstrument|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.PGUpdate|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.PGUpdate|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{EB1C19C1-1F18-421E-9735-CAEE69DC6A3C}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
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