diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index a333160c03..74236b0271 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+19990806-01:40 EDT Paul Tucker <ptucker@sympatico.ca>
+   * makefile.vc
+     + readvar.prg
+
 19990806-05:31 GMT+1 Victor Szel <info@szelvesz.hu>
    * source/rtl/menuto.prg
      ! MENU TO made highly Clipper compatible (100%), with the addition of
diff --git a/harbour/makefile.vc b/harbour/makefile.vc
index bb4460ab08..304e7780db 100644
--- a/harbour/makefile.vc
+++ b/harbour/makefile.vc
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ HARBOUR_LIB_OBJS = \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\msgxxx.obj \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\mtran.obj \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\objfunc.obj \
+    $(OBJ_DIR)\readvar.obj \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\set.obj \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\setcolor.obj \
     $(OBJ_DIR)\setkey.obj \
@@ -379,6 +380,12 @@ $(RTL_DIR)\objfunc.c : $(RTL_DIR)\objfunc.prg
 $(OBJ_DIR)\objfunc.obj : $(RTL_DIR)\objfunc.c
     $(CC) $(CLIBFLAGS) -Fo$@ $**
 
+$(RTL_DIR)\readvar.c : $(RTL_DIR)\readvar.prg
+    $(HARBOUR_EXE) $** $(HARBOURFLAGS) -o$(**D)
+
+$(OBJ_DIR)\readvar.obj : $(RTL_DIR)\readvar.c
+    $(CC) $(CLIBFLAGS) -Fo$@ $**
+
 $(OBJ_DIR)\set.obj : $(RTL_DIR)\set.c
     $(CC) $(CLIBFLAGS) -Fo$@ $**