diff --git a/Core/project.lua b/Core/project.lua
index a47ebde..50d8b0d 100644
--- a/Core/project.lua
+++ b/Core/project.lua
@@ -158,6 +158,15 @@ local function configureProjectForPlatforms(projType)
 end
 
 local function configureProjectCPUTarget()
+    filter { "toolset:msc"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP=__builtin_memcmp"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP_=1"}
+    filter {}
+
+    filter { "toolset:msc", "architecture:x86_64"}
+        buildoptions { "/arch:AVX" }
+    filter {}
+    
     filter { "toolset:clang", "architecture:x86_64"}
         -- Some discount VPSes might be running on this dead architecture
         -- Haswell introduced AVX2.
@@ -168,8 +177,10 @@ local function configureProjectCPUTarget()
         disablewarnings { "dynamic-class-memaccess" }
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMSET=__builtin_memset"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCPY=__builtin_memcpy"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP=__builtin_memcmp"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMSET_=1"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCPY_=1"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP_=1"}
     filter {}
 
     filter { "toolset:clang", "architecture:x86"}
@@ -178,8 +189,10 @@ local function configureProjectCPUTarget()
         disablewarnings { "dynamic-class-memaccess" }
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMSET=__builtin_memset"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCPY=__builtin_memcpy"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP=__builtin_memcmp"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMSET_=1"}
         defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCPY_=1"}
+        defines {"AURORA_RUNTIME_MEMCMP_=1"}
     filter {}
 end