diff --git a/visualc/.gitignore b/visualc/.gitignore
index 445e48bb4..5aa97fc44 100644
--- a/visualc/.gitignore
+++ b/visualc/.gitignore
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
!/.gitignore
!/how-to-ngspice-vstudio.txt
+!/visualc/fftw3/fftw-*/README-ngspice.txt
!/*.c
!/*.sln
diff --git a/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll32/README-ngspice.txt b/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll32/README-ngspice.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f70a97e4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll32/README-ngspice.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+This is the place to deploy the 32 bit version of the
+fftw3 library under VC++ which can be found here:
+
+ http://www.fftw.org/install/windows.html
+
+More precisely, these are the files (e.g. version 3.3)
+ fftw-3.3.3-dll32.zip
+which you will have to install here.
+
+At least you need the three files
+fftw3.h
+libfftw3-3.dll
+libfftw3-3.def
+
+If you need to distribute ngspice.exe to another directory,
+copy libfftw3-3.dll into the same directory or to a place
+which is in your PATH environment.
diff --git a/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll64/README-ngspice.txt b/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll64/README-ngspice.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4bd6c8ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualc/fftw3/fftw-3.3.3-dll64/README-ngspice.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+This is the place to deploy the 64 bit version of the
+fftw3 library under VC++ which can be found here:
+
+ http://www.fftw.org/install/windows.html
+
+More precisely, these are the files (e.g. version 3.3)
+ fftw-3.3.3-dll64.zip
+which you will have to install here.
+
+At least you need the three files
+fftw3.h
+libfftw3-3.dll
+libfftw3-3.def
+
+If you need to distribute ngspice.exe to another directory,
+copy libfftw3-3.dll into the same directory or to a place
+which is in your PATH environment.
diff --git a/visualc/vngspice_fftw.sln b/visualc/vngspice_fftw.sln
index 166bd27a4..938778b58 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice_fftw.sln
+++ b/visualc/vngspice_fftw.sln
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 10.00
-# Visual Studio 2008
-Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "vngspice", "vngspice.vcproj", "{83E315C7-EDD3-4F6B-AF28-87A92A4FA49A}"
+# Visual C++ Express 2008
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "vngspice", "vngspice_fftw.vcproj", "{83E315C7-EDD3-4F6B-AF28-87A92A4FA49A}"
EndProject
Global
GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
diff --git a/visualc/vngspice_fftw.vcproj b/visualc/vngspice_fftw.vcproj
index 788b32c30..889aaaf33 100644
--- a/visualc/vngspice_fftw.vcproj
+++ b/visualc/vngspice_fftw.vcproj
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
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