diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 767fdbeb5f..6aeb17e278 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2011-06-17 19:33 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * package/winuni/mpkg_win_uni.bat
+  * package/mpkg_win_nightly.bat
+    + added unicows implibs for applicable platforms. these are totally free
+      files accessible from the internet for anyone, for some Win9x users it's
+      too much though, so I'm adding them to binary distro.
+      To be tested
+
 2011-06-17 14:57 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
   * contrib/xhb/xhb.hbp
     ! added hbfship to .hbp file too. even though hbfship is included
diff --git a/harbour/package/mpkg_win_nightly.bat b/harbour/package/mpkg_win_nightly.bat
index e5f0640d1c..27018fa6b9 100644
--- a/harbour/package/mpkg_win_nightly.bat
+++ b/harbour/package/mpkg_win_nightly.bat
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ set HB_DIR_7Z=%_HB_DIR_TOOL%
 set HB_DIR_UPX=%_HB_DIR_TOOL%upx\
 rem set HB_DIR_BCC_IMPLIB=%_HB_DIR_COMP%bcc\Bin\
 set HB_DIR_MINGW=%_HB_DIR_COMP%mingw
+set HB_DIR_UNICOWS=%_HB_DIR_3RD%unicows\
 
 set HB_WITH_ADS=%_HB_DIR_3RD%ads\acesdk
 set HB_WITH_ALLEGRO=%_HB_DIR_3RD%allegro\include
diff --git a/harbour/package/winuni/mpkg_win_uni.bat b/harbour/package/winuni/mpkg_win_uni.bat
index 78e3e671a1..0134f70d19 100644
--- a/harbour/package/winuni/mpkg_win_uni.bat
+++ b/harbour/package/winuni/mpkg_win_uni.bat
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ rem Copyright 2009-2010 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
 rem See COPYING for licensing terms.
 rem ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-rem - Adjust target dir, mingw dirs, set HB_DIR_UPX, HB_DIR_7Z, HB_DIR_MINGW,
+rem - Adjust target dir, mingw dirs, set HB_DIR_UPX, HB_DIR_7Z, HB_DIR_MINGW, HB_DIR_UNICOWS,
 rem   create required packages beforehand.
 rem - Requires BCC in PATH or HB_DIR_BCC_IMPLIB (for implib).
 rem - Run this from vanilla official source tree only.
@@ -89,6 +89,13 @@ xcopy /y       "%HB_WITH_QT%\..\lib\libQtSql4.a"
  copy /y       "%HB_WITH_QT%\..\LICENSE.LGPL"                                             %HB_ABSROOT%bin\Qt_LICENSE_LGPL.txt
  copy /y       "%HB_WITH_QT%\..\LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt"                                       %HB_ABSROOT%bin\Qt_LICENSE_LGPL_EXCEPTION.txt
 
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\mingw\  xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\mingw\libunicows.a"                                      %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\mingw\
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\mingw\  xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\mingw\unicows_license.txt"                               %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\mingw\
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\watcom\ xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\watcom\unicows.lib"                                      %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\watcom\
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\watcom\ xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\watcom\unicows_license.txt"                              %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\watcom\
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\bcc\    xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\bcc\unicows.lib"                                         %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\bcc\
+if exist %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\bcc\    xcopy /y       "%HB_DIR_UNICOWS%\bcc\unicows_license.txt"                                 %HB_ABSROOT%lib\win\bcc\
+
 pushd
 
 cd %~dp0..\..\contrib