diff --git a/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/README.xspice b/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/README.xspice
index 1cbc8baf1..00637914f 100644
--- a/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/README.xspice
+++ b/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/README.xspice
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ Compile shared ngspice with Debug and 64 bit
 Compile the example caller with Visual Studio
 using ng_shared_test_v.sln.
 
+Edit share/ngspice/scripts/spinit to enter the
+proper path for the XSPICE code models.
+
 Start the example with calling ng_shared_start.bat
diff --git a/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/share/ngspice/scripts/spinit b/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/share/ngspice/scripts/spinit
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5397b802f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visualc/ng_shared_xspice_v/share/ngspice/scripts/spinit
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+* Modified ngspice init file
+*set rndseed=12
+** ascii rawfile **
+set filetype=ascii
+** frontend debug output **
+*set ngdebug
+** asking after quit **
+*set askquit
+** set the number of threads in openmp
+** default (if compiled with --enable-openmp) is: 2
+set num_threads=4
+
+strcmp __flag $program "ngspice"
+if $__flag = 0
+
+* Load the codemodels
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/spice2poly.cm
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/analog.cm
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/digital.cm
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/xtradev.cm
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/xtraevt.cm
+ codemodel C:/Spice64d/lib/ngspice/table.cm
+
+end
+unset __flag