diff --git a/build/SConscript.install b/build/SConscript.install
index d475234d..eaccdef4 100644
--- a/build/SConscript.install
+++ b/build/SConscript.install
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ if sys.platform == 'win32':
 		prefix=dllprefix)
 	install('#dist', ['libcollada14dom23.dll', 'boost_system-%s-mt-1_44.dll' % compilerType,
 		'boost_filesystem-%s-mt-1_44.dll' % compilerType], dllprefix + '/' + compilerType + '/')
+	if 'WIN64' in env['CXXFLAGS']:
+		installTargets += env.Install('#dist', '#dependencies/windows/bin/vcredist_2010_sp1_x64.exe')
+	else:
+		installTargets += env.Install('#dist', '#dependencies/windows/bin/vcredist_2010_sp1_x86.exe')
+	installTargets += env.Install('#dist', '#data/windows/README.txt')
 
 	if 'REDIST_PATH' in env:
 		install('#dist', ['libmmd.dll', 'libiomp5md.dll'], prefix = env['REDIST_PATH'])
diff --git a/data/windows/README.txt b/data/windows/README.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..593f1417
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/windows/README.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+This is the binary Windows release of Mitsuba, an extensible rendering framework.
+
+Please use the 'mtsgui.exe' executable to launch the graphical user interface.
+
+If you encounter an error message regarding a missing component named 'msvcr100.dll'
+or 'msvcp100.dll', you will need to install the package "vcredist_2010_sp1_x86.exe'
+or "vcredist_2010_sp1_x64.exe' (one of them will be included with the Mitsuba release)
+
+For general documentation on Mitsuba, please refer to 
+http://www.mitsuba-renderer.org/docs.html and 
+http://www.mitsuba-renderer.org/videos.html.
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