diff --git a/src/_premake_init.lua b/src/_premake_init.lua
index 8d003ea4..d04c112f 100644
--- a/src/_premake_init.lua
+++ b/src/_premake_init.lua
@@ -561,6 +561,13 @@
 		tokens = true,
 	}
 
+	api.register {
+		name = "ignoredefaultlibraries",
+		scope = "project",
+		kind = "list:mixed",
+		tokens = true,
+	}
+
 	api.register {
 		name = "icon",
 		scope = "project",
diff --git a/src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua b/src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
index 7f6ec3cb..06d68759 100644
--- a/src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
+++ b/src/actions/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
@@ -401,6 +401,7 @@
 				m.generateMapFile,
 				m.moduleDefinitionFile,
 				m.treatLinkerWarningAsErrors,
+				m.ignoreDefaultLibraries,
 				m.additionalLinkOptions,
 			}
 		end
@@ -1231,6 +1232,21 @@
 	end
 
 
+	function m.ignoreDefaultLibraries(cfg)
+		if #cfg.ignoredefaultlibraries > 0 then
+			local ignored = cfg.ignoredefaultlibraries
+			for i = 1, #ignored do
+				-- Add extension if required
+				if not p.tools.msc.getLibraryExtensions()[ignored[i]:match("[^.]+$")] then
+					ignored[i] = path.appendextension(ignored[i], ".lib")
+				end
+			end
+
+			m.element("IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries", condition, table.concat(ignored, ';'))
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	function m.ignoreWarnDuplicateFilename(prj)
 		-- VS 2013 warns on duplicate file names, even those files which are
 		-- contained in different, mututally exclusive configurations. See:
diff --git a/src/tools/msc.lua b/src/tools/msc.lua
index 482ca362..113b827b 100644
--- a/src/tools/msc.lua
+++ b/src/tools/msc.lua
@@ -211,6 +211,16 @@
 		local map = iif(cfg.kind ~= premake.STATICLIB, msc.linkerFlags, msc.librarianFlags)
 		local flags = config.mapFlags(cfg, map)
 		table.insert(flags, 1, "/NOLOGO")
+
+		-- Ignore default libraries
+		for i, ignore in ipairs(cfg.ignoredefaultlibraries) do
+			-- Add extension if required
+			if not msc.getLibraryExtensions()[ignore:match("[^.]+$")] then
+				ignore = path.appendextension(ignore, ".lib")
+			end
+			table.insert(flags, '/NODEFAULTLIB:' .. ignore)
+		end
+
 		return flags
 	end
 
@@ -262,7 +272,6 @@
 		return links
 	end
 
-
 --
 -- Returns makefile-specific configuration rules.
 --
diff --git a/tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_link.lua b/tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_link.lua
index 4f9b3768..6968df95 100644
--- a/tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_link.lua
+++ b/tests/actions/vstudio/vc2010/test_link.lua
@@ -460,3 +460,37 @@
 </Link>
 		]]
 	end
+
+--
+-- Test ignoring default libraries with extensions specified.
+--
+
+	function suite.ignoreDefaultLibraries_WithExtensions()
+		ignoredefaultlibraries { "lib1.lib", "lib2.obj" }
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Link>
+	<SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+	<GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+	<ImportLibrary>bin\Debug\MyProject.lib</ImportLibrary>
+	<IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>lib1.lib;lib2.obj</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+</Link>
+		]]
+	end
+
+--
+-- Test ignoring default libraries without extensions specified.
+--
+
+	function suite.ignoreDefaultLibraries_WithExtensions()
+		ignoredefaultlibraries { "lib1", "lib2.obj" }
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Link>
+	<SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
+	<GenerateDebugInformation>false</GenerateDebugInformation>
+	<ImportLibrary>bin\Debug\MyProject.lib</ImportLibrary>
+	<IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>lib1.lib;lib2.obj</IgnoreSpecificDefaultLibraries>
+</Link>
+		]]
+	end
diff --git a/tests/tools/test_msc.lua b/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
index 37c8f26d..4c028b73 100644
--- a/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
+++ b/tests/tools/test_msc.lua
@@ -326,3 +326,19 @@
 		prepare()
 		test.contains('/LIBPATH:"/usr/local/lib"', msc.getLibraryDirectories(cfg))
 	end
+
+--
+-- Check handling of ignore default libraries
+--
+
+	function suite.ignoreDefaultLibraries_WithExtensions()
+		ignoredefaultlibraries { "lib1.lib" }
+		prepare()
+		test.contains('/NODEFAULTLIB:lib1.lib', msc.getldflags(cfg))
+	end
+
+	function suite.ignoreDefaultLibraries_WithoutExtensions()
+		ignoredefaultlibraries { "lib1" }
+		prepare()
+		test.contains('/NODEFAULTLIB:lib1.lib', msc.getldflags(cfg))
+	end