diff --git a/Makefile.dist b/Makefile.dist
index f01b361d3..f7d6f5058 100644
--- a/Makefile.dist
+++ b/Makefile.dist
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
 #                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
 #
-# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2007, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+# Copyright (C) 1998 - 2008, Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
 #
 # This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
 # you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
@@ -128,6 +128,12 @@ vc:
 	cd ..\src
 	nmake /f Makefile.$(VC)
 
+vc-x64:
+	cd lib
+	MACHINE=x64 nmake /f Makefile.$(VC) cfg=release
+	cd ..\src
+	MACHINE=x64 nmake /f Makefile.$(VC)
+
 vc-zlib:
 	cd lib
 	nmake /f Makefile.$(VC) cfg=release-zlib