diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 061659f3a8..236edb1428 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -2814,6 +2814,13 @@ compat/nedmalloc/nedmalloc.sp compat/nedmalloc/nedmalloc.o: EXTRA_CPPFLAGS = \
 compat/nedmalloc/nedmalloc.sp: SP_EXTRA_FLAGS += -Wno-non-pointer-null
 endif
 
+headless-git.o: compat/win32/headless.c GIT-CFLAGS
+	$(QUIET_CC)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(COMPAT_CFLAGS) \
+		-fno-stack-protector -o $@ -c -Wall -Wwrite-strings $<
+
+headless-git$X: headless-git.o git.res GIT-LDFLAGS
+	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(ALL_LDFLAGS) -mwindows -o $@ $< git.res
+
 git-%$X: %.o GIT-LDFLAGS $(GITLIBS)
 	$(QUIET_LINK)$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -o $@ $(ALL_LDFLAGS) $(filter %.o,$^) $(LIBS)
 
@@ -3687,6 +3694,7 @@ clean: profile-clean coverage-clean cocciclean
 	$(RM) po/git.pot po/git-core.pot
 	$(RM) git.res
 	$(RM) $(OBJECTS)
+	$(RM) headless-git.o
 	$(RM) $(LIB_FILE) $(XDIFF_LIB) $(REFTABLE_LIB) $(REFTABLE_TEST_LIB)
 	$(RM) $(ALL_PROGRAMS) $(SCRIPT_LIB) $(BUILT_INS) $(OTHER_PROGRAMS)
 	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGRAMS)
@@ -3715,13 +3723,17 @@ endif
 	$(RM) GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES GIT-PERL-DEFINES GIT-PERL-HEADER GIT-PYTHON-VARS
 ifdef MSVC
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.o,%.o.pdb,$(OBJECTS))
+	$(RM) headless-git.o.pdb
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(OTHER_PROGRAMS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ilk,$(OTHER_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.iobj,$(OTHER_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ipdb,$(OTHER_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(PROGRAMS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ilk,$(PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.iobj,$(PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ipdb,$(PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.pdb,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
+	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ilk,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.iobj,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) $(patsubst %.exe,%.ipdb,$(TEST_PROGRAMS))
 	$(RM) compat/vcbuild/MSVC-DEFS-GEN
diff --git a/builtin/gc.c b/builtin/gc.c
index f3942188a6..fa6e52ddde 100644
--- a/builtin/gc.c
+++ b/builtin/gc.c
@@ -2068,7 +2068,7 @@ static int schtasks_schedule_task(const char *exec_path, enum schedule_priority
 	      "</Settings>\n"
 	      "<Actions Context=\"Author\">\n"
 	      "<Exec>\n"
-	      "<Command>\"%s\\git.exe\"</Command>\n"
+	      "<Command>\"%s\\headless-git.exe\"</Command>\n"
 	      "<Arguments>--exec-path=\"%s\" for-each-repo --config=maintenance.repo maintenance run --schedule=%s</Arguments>\n"
 	      "</Exec>\n"
 	      "</Actions>\n"
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/find_vs_env.bat b/compat/vcbuild/find_vs_env.bat
index b35d264c0e..379b16296e 100644
--- a/compat/vcbuild/find_vs_env.bat
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/find_vs_env.bat
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ REM ================================================================
 
    SET sdk_dir=%WindowsSdkDir%
    SET sdk_ver=%WindowsSDKVersion%
+   SET sdk_ver_bin_dir=%WindowsSdkVerBinPath%%tgt%
    SET si=%sdk_dir%Include\%sdk_ver%
    SET sdk_includes=-I"%si%ucrt" -I"%si%um" -I"%si%shared"
    SET sl=%sdk_dir%lib\%sdk_ver%
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ REM ================================================================
 
    SET sdk_dir=%WindowsSdkDir%
    SET sdk_ver=%WindowsSDKVersion%
+   SET sdk_ver_bin_dir=%WindowsSdkVerBinPath%bin\amd64
    SET si=%sdk_dir%Include\%sdk_ver%
    SET sdk_includes=-I"%si%ucrt" -I"%si%um" -I"%si%shared" -I"%si%winrt"
    SET sl=%sdk_dir%lib\%sdk_ver%
@@ -160,6 +162,11 @@ REM ================================================================
    echo msvc_includes=%msvc_includes%
    echo msvc_libs=%msvc_libs%
 
+   echo sdk_ver_bin_dir=%sdk_ver_bin_dir%
+   SET X1=%sdk_ver_bin_dir:C:=/C%
+   SET X2=%X1:\=/%
+   echo sdk_ver_bin_dir_msys=%X2%
+
    echo sdk_includes=%sdk_includes%
    echo sdk_libs=%sdk_libs%
 
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
index c4c99d1a11..677d44e46f 100755
--- a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/clink.pl
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ my @cflags = ();
 my @lflags = ();
 my $is_linking = 0;
 my $is_debug = 0;
+my $is_gui = 0;
 while (@ARGV) {
 	my $arg = shift @ARGV;
 	if ("$arg" eq "-DDEBUG") {
@@ -67,7 +68,11 @@ while (@ARGV) {
 		}
 		push(@args, $lib);
 	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-lexpat") {
+	    if ($is_debug) {
+		push(@args, "libexpatd.lib");
+	    } else {
 		push(@args, "libexpat.lib");
+	    }
 	} elsif ("$arg" =~ /^-L/ && "$arg" ne "-LTCG") {
 		$arg =~ s/^-L/-LIBPATH:/;
 		push(@lflags, $arg);
@@ -119,11 +124,23 @@ while (@ARGV) {
 		push(@cflags, "-wd4996");
 	} elsif ("$arg" =~ /^-W[a-z]/) {
 		# let's ignore those
+	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-fno-stack-protector") {
+		# eat this
+	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-mwindows") {
+		$is_gui = 1;
 	} else {
 		push(@args, $arg);
 	}
 }
 if ($is_linking) {
+	if ($is_gui) {
+		push(@args, "-ENTRY:wWinMainCRTStartup");
+		push(@args, "-SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS");
+	} else {
+		push(@args, "-ENTRY:wmainCRTStartup");
+		push(@args, "-SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE");
+	}
+
 	push(@args, @lflags);
 	unshift(@args, "link.exe");
 } else {
diff --git a/compat/vcbuild/scripts/rc.pl b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/rc.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7bca4cd81c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/vcbuild/scripts/rc.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl -w
+######################################################################
+# Compile Resources on Windows
+#
+# This is a wrapper to facilitate the compilation of Git with MSVC
+# using GNU Make as the build system. So, instead of manipulating the
+# Makefile into something nasty, just to support non-space arguments
+# etc, we use this wrapper to fix the command line options
+#
+######################################################################
+use strict;
+my @args = ();
+my @input = ();
+
+while (@ARGV) {
+	my $arg = shift @ARGV;
+	if ("$arg" =~ /^-[dD]/) {
+		# GIT_VERSION gets passed with too many
+		# layers of dquote escaping.
+		$arg =~ s/\\"/"/g;
+
+		push(@args, $arg);
+
+	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-i") {
+		my $arg = shift @ARGV;
+		# TODO complain if NULL or is dashed ??
+		push(@input, $arg);
+
+	} elsif ("$arg" eq "-o") {
+		my $arg = shift @ARGV;
+		# TODO complain if NULL or is dashed ??
+		push(@args, "-fo$arg");
+
+	} else {
+		push(@args, $arg);
+	}
+}
+
+push(@args, "-nologo");
+push(@args, "-v");
+push(@args, @input);
+
+unshift(@args, "rc.exe");
+printf("**** @args\n");
+
+exit (system(@args) != 0);
diff --git a/compat/win32/headless.c b/compat/win32/headless.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8b00dfe3bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compat/win32/headless.c
@@ -0,0 +1,115 @@
+/*
+ * headless Git - run Git without opening a console window on Windows
+ */
+
+#define STRICT
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#define UNICODE
+#define _UNICODE
+#include <windows.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+#include <wchar.h>
+
+/*
+ * If `dir` contains the path to a Git exec directory, extend `PATH` to
+ * include the corresponding `bin/` directory (which is where all those
+ * `.dll` files needed by `git.exe` are, on Windows).
+ */
+static int extend_path(wchar_t *dir, size_t dir_len)
+{
+	const wchar_t *suffix = L"\\libexec\\git-core";
+	size_t suffix_len = wcslen(suffix);
+	wchar_t *env;
+	DWORD len;
+
+	if (dir_len < suffix_len)
+		return 0;
+
+	dir_len -= suffix_len;
+	if (memcmp(dir + dir_len, suffix, suffix_len * sizeof(wchar_t)))
+		return 0;
+
+	len = GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"PATH", NULL, 0);
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
+	env = _alloca((dir_len + 5 + len) * sizeof(wchar_t));
+	wcsncpy(env, dir, dir_len);
+	wcscpy(env + dir_len, L"\\bin;");
+	if (!GetEnvironmentVariableW(L"PATH", env + dir_len + 5, len))
+		return 0;
+
+	SetEnvironmentVariableW(L"PATH", env);
+	return 1;
+}
+
+int WINAPI wWinMain(_In_ HINSTANCE instance,
+		    _In_opt_ HINSTANCE previous_instance,
+		    _In_ LPWSTR command_line, _In_ int show)
+{
+	wchar_t git_command_line[32768];
+	size_t size = sizeof(git_command_line) / sizeof(wchar_t);
+	const wchar_t *needs_quotes = L"";
+	int slash = 0, i;
+
+	STARTUPINFO startup_info = {
+		.cb = sizeof(STARTUPINFO),
+		.dwFlags = STARTF_USESHOWWINDOW,
+		.wShowWindow = SW_HIDE,
+	};
+	PROCESS_INFORMATION process_info = { 0 };
+	DWORD creation_flags = CREATE_UNICODE_ENVIRONMENT |
+		CREATE_NEW_CONSOLE | CREATE_NO_WINDOW;
+	DWORD exit_code;
+
+	/* First, determine the full path of argv[0] */
+	for (i = 0; _wpgmptr[i]; i++)
+		if (_wpgmptr[i] == L' ')
+			needs_quotes = L"\"";
+		else if (_wpgmptr[i] == L'\\')
+			slash = i;
+
+	if (slash >= size - 11)
+		return 127; /* Too long path */
+
+	/* If it is in Git's exec path, add the bin/ directory to the PATH */
+	extend_path(_wpgmptr, slash);
+
+	/* Then, add the full path of `git.exe` as argv[0] */
+	i = swprintf_s(git_command_line, size, L"%ls%.*ls\\git.exe%ls",
+		       needs_quotes, slash, _wpgmptr, needs_quotes);
+	if (i < 0)
+		return 127; /* Too long path */
+
+	if (*command_line) {
+		/* Now, append the command-line arguments */
+		i = swprintf_s(git_command_line + i, size - i,
+			       L" %ls", command_line);
+		if (i < 0)
+			return 127;
+	}
+
+	startup_info.hStdInput = GetStdHandle(STD_INPUT_HANDLE);
+	startup_info.hStdOutput = GetStdHandle(STD_OUTPUT_HANDLE);
+	startup_info.hStdError = GetStdHandle(STD_ERROR_HANDLE);
+
+	if (!CreateProcess(NULL, /* infer argv[0] from the command line */
+			   git_command_line, /* modified command line */
+			   NULL, /* inherit process handles? */
+			   NULL, /* inherit thread handles? */
+			   FALSE, /* handles inheritable? */
+			   creation_flags,
+			   NULL, /* use this process' environment */
+			   NULL, /* use this process' working directory */
+			   &startup_info, &process_info))
+		return 129; /* could not start */
+	WaitForSingleObject(process_info.hProcess, INFINITE);
+	if (!GetExitCodeProcess(process_info.hProcess, &exit_code))
+		exit_code = 130; /* Could not determine exit code? */
+
+	CloseHandle(process_info.hProcess);
+	CloseHandle(process_info.hThread);
+
+	return (int)exit_code;
+}
diff --git a/config.mak.uname b/config.mak.uname
index 394b6bfb3a..e5bff0b11a 100644
--- a/config.mak.uname
+++ b/config.mak.uname
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),Windows)
 	# link.exe next to, and required by, cl.exe, we have to prepend this
 	# onto the existing $PATH.
 	#
-	SANE_TOOL_PATH ?= $(msvc_bin_dir_msys)
+	SANE_TOOL_PATH ?= $(msvc_bin_dir_msys):$(sdk_ver_bin_dir_msys)
 	HAVE_ALLOCA_H = YesPlease
 	NO_PREAD = YesPlease
 	NEEDS_CRYPTO_WITH_SSL = YesPlease
@@ -489,12 +489,14 @@ endif
 		compat/win32/trace2_win32_process_info.o \
 		compat/win32/dirent.o
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS = -D__USE_MINGW_ACCESS -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY -DENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET -DNOGDI -DHAVE_STRING_H -Icompat -Icompat/regex -Icompat/win32 -DSTRIP_EXTENSION=\".exe\"
-	BASIC_LDFLAGS = -IGNORE:4217 -IGNORE:4049 -NOLOGO -ENTRY:wmainCRTStartup -SUBSYSTEM:CONSOLE
+	BASIC_LDFLAGS = -IGNORE:4217 -IGNORE:4049 -NOLOGO
 	# invalidcontinue.obj allows Git's source code to close the same file
 	# handle twice, or to access the osfhandle of an already-closed stdout
 	# See https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235330.aspx
 	EXTLIBS = user32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib wininet.lib ws2_32.lib invalidcontinue.obj kernel32.lib ntdll.lib
+	GITLIBS += git.res
 	PTHREAD_LIBS =
+	RC = compat/vcbuild/scripts/rc.pl
 	lib =
 	BASIC_CFLAGS += $(vcpkg_inc) $(sdk_includes) $(msvc_includes)
 ifndef DEBUG
@@ -526,6 +528,8 @@ else
 endif
 	X = .exe
 
+	EXTRA_PROGRAMS += headless-git$X
+
 compat/msvc.o: compat/msvc.c compat/mingw.c GIT-CFLAGS
 endif
 ifeq ($(uname_S),Interix)
@@ -705,6 +709,7 @@ ifeq ($(uname_S),MINGW)
 	COMPAT_CFLAGS += -D__USE_MINGW_ANSI_STDIO=0 -DDETECT_MSYS_TTY \
 		-DENSURE_MSYSTEM_IS_SET -fstack-protector-strong
 	EXTLIBS += -lntdll
+	EXTRA_PROGRAMS += headless-git$X
 	INSTALL = /bin/install
 	INTERNAL_QSORT = YesPlease
 	HAVE_LIBCHARSET_H = YesPlease
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index 2f6e0197ff..be177998d6 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -738,6 +738,15 @@ if(WIN32)
 	else()
 		message(FATAL_ERROR "Unhandled compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}")
 	endif()
+
+	add_executable(headless-git ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/win32/headless.c)
+	if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
+		target_link_options(headless-git PUBLIC -municode -Wl,-subsystem,windows)
+	elseif(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
+		target_link_options(headless-git PUBLIC /NOLOGO /ENTRY:wWinMainCRTStartup /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS)
+	else()
+		message(FATAL_ERROR "Unhandled compiler: ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID}")
+	endif()
 elseif(UNIX)
 	target_link_libraries(common-main pthread rt)
 endif()
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
index 81ee2f5a4a..a6d1c6b8d0 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/Generators/Vcxproj.pm
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ sub createProject {
 
     my $libs_release = "\n    ";
     my $libs_debug = "\n    ";
-    if (!$static_library) {
+    if (!$static_library && $name ne 'headless-git') {
       $libs_release = join(";", sort(grep /^(?!libgit\.lib|xdiff\/lib\.lib|vcs-svn\/lib\.lib|reftable\/libreftable\.lib)/, @{$$build_structure{"$prefix${name}_LIBS"}}));
       $libs_debug = $libs_release;
       $libs_debug =~ s/zlib\.lib/zlibd\.lib/g;
@@ -89,6 +89,16 @@ sub createProject {
     $defines =~ s/>/&gt;/g;
     $defines =~ s/\'//g;
 
+    my $rcdefines = $defines;
+    $rcdefines =~ s/(?<!\\)"/\\$&/g;
+
+    my $entrypoint = 'wmainCRTStartup';
+    my $subsystem = 'Console';
+    if (grep /^-mwindows$/, @{$$build_structure{"$prefix${name}_LFLAGS"}}) {
+        $entrypoint = 'wWinMainCRTStartup';
+        $subsystem = 'Windows';
+    }
+
     my $dir = $vcxproj;
     $dir =~ s/\/[^\/]*$//;
     die "Could not create the directory $dir for $label project!\n" unless (-d "$dir" || mkdir "$dir");
@@ -176,9 +186,9 @@ sub createProject {
       <AdditionalLibraryDirectories>\$(VCPKGLibDirectory);%(AdditionalLibraryDirectories)</AdditionalLibraryDirectories>
       <AdditionalDependencies>\$(VCPKGLibs);\$(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions>invalidcontinue.obj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
-      <EntryPointSymbol>wmainCRTStartup</EntryPointSymbol>
+      <EntryPointSymbol>$entrypoint</EntryPointSymbol>
       <ManifestFile>$cdup\\compat\\win32\\git.manifest</ManifestFile>
-      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <SubSystem>$subsystem</SubSystem>
     </Link>
 EOM
     if ($target eq 'libgit') {
@@ -203,6 +213,9 @@ EOM
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;$defines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebugDLL</RuntimeLibrary>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;$rcdefines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
     </Link>
@@ -216,6 +229,9 @@ EOM
       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <FavorSizeOrSpeed>Speed</FavorSizeOrSpeed>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;$rcdefines;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
     <Link>
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
@@ -225,14 +241,20 @@ EOM
   <ItemGroup>
 EOM
     foreach(@sources) {
-        print F << "EOM";
+        if (/\.rc$/) {
+            print F << "EOM";
+    <ResourceCompile Include="$_" />
+EOM
+        } else {
+            print F << "EOM";
     <ClCompile Include="$_" />
 EOM
+        }
     }
     print F << "EOM";
   </ItemGroup>
 EOM
-    if (!$static_library || $target =~ 'vcs-svn' || $target =~ 'xdiff') {
+    if ((!$static_library || $target =~ 'vcs-svn' || $target =~ 'xdiff') && !($name =~ /headless-git/)) {
       my $uuid_libgit = $$build_structure{"LIBS_libgit_GUID"};
       my $uuid_libreftable = $$build_structure{"LIBS_reftable/libreftable_GUID"};
       my $uuid_xdiff_lib = $$build_structure{"LIBS_xdiff/lib_GUID"};
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
index ed6c45988a..417ae71d44 100755
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/engine.pl
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ sub parseMakeOutput
             next;
         }
 
-        if($text =~ / -c /) {
+        if($text =~ / -c / || $text =~ / -i \S+\.rc /) {
             # compilation
             handleCompileLine($text, $line);
 
@@ -263,16 +263,15 @@ sub handleCompileLine
         if ("$part" eq "-o") {
             # ignore object file
             shift @parts;
-        } elsif ("$part" eq "-c") {
+        } elsif ("$part" eq "-c" || "$part" eq "-i" || "$part" =~ /^-fno-/) {
             # ignore compile flag
-        } elsif ("$part" eq "-c") {
         } elsif ($part =~ /^.?-I/) {
             push(@incpaths, $part);
         } elsif ($part =~ /^.?-D/) {
             push(@defines, $part);
         } elsif ($part =~ /^-/) {
             push(@cflags, $part);
-        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(c|cc|cpp)$/) {
+        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(c|cc|cpp|rc)$/) {
             $sourcefile = $part;
         } else {
             die "Unhandled compiler option @ line $lineno: $part";
@@ -359,7 +358,7 @@ sub handleLinkLine
             push(@libs, $part);
         } elsif ($part eq 'invalidcontinue.obj') {
             # ignore - known to MSVC
-        } elsif ($part =~ /\.o$/) {
+        } elsif ($part =~ /\.(o|res)$/) {
             push(@objfiles, $part);
         } elsif ($part =~ /\.obj$/) {
             # do nothing, 'make' should not be producing .obj, only .o files
@@ -371,7 +370,9 @@ sub handleLinkLine
 #    exit(1);
     foreach (@objfiles) {
         my $sourcefile = $_;
+        $sourcefile =~ s/^headless-git\.o$/compat\/win32\/headless.c/;
         $sourcefile =~ s/\.o$/.c/;
+        $sourcefile =~ s/\.res$/.rc/;
         push(@sources, $sourcefile);
         push(@cflags, @{$compile_options{"${sourcefile}_CFLAGS"}});
         push(@defines, @{$compile_options{"${sourcefile}_DEFINES"}});