diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/test/Makefile b/src/interfaces/libpq/test/Makefile
index b9023c3..048f092 100644
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/test/Makefile
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/test/Makefile
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ all: $(PROGS)

 installcheck: all
 	SRCDIR='$(top_srcdir)' SUBDIR='$(subdir)' \
-		   $(SHELL) $(top_srcdir)/$(subdir)/regress.sh
+	  $(PERL) $(top_srcdir)/$(subdir)/regress.pl

 clean distclean maintainer-clean:
 	rm -f $(PROGS)
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.pl b/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a19f793
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+#!/usr/bin/perl
+use strict;
+
+# use of SRCDIR/SUBDIR is required for supporting VPath builds
+my $srcdir = $ENV{'SRCDIR'} or die '$SRCDIR environment variable is not set';
+my $subdir = $ENV{'SUBDIR'} or die '$SUBDIR environment variable is not set';
+
+my $regress_in   = "$srcdir/$subdir/regress.in";
+my $expected_out = "$srcdir/$subdir/expected.out";
+
+# the output file should land in the build_dir of VPath, or just in
+# the current dir, if VPath isn't used
+my $regress_out  = "regress.out";
+
+# open input file first, so possible error isn't sent to redirected STDERR
+open(REGRESS_IN, "<$regress_in") or die "Can't open <$regress_in: $!";
+
+# save STDOUT/ERR and redirect both to regress.out
+open(OLDOUT, ">&STDOUT") or die "Can't dup STDOUT: $!";
+open(OLDERR, ">&STDERR") or die "Can't dup STDERR: $!";
+
+open(STDOUT, ">$regress_out") or die "Can't open >$regress_out: $!";
+open(STDERR, ">&STDOUT")      or die "Can't dup STDOUT: $!";
+
+# read lines from regress.in and run uri-regress on them
+while (<REGRESS_IN>) {
+  chomp;
+  print "trying $_\n";
+  system("./uri-regress \"$_\"");
+  print "\n";
+}
+
+# restore STDOUT/ERR so we can print the outcome to the user
+open(STDERR, ">&OLDERR") or die; # can't complain as STDERR is still duped
+open(STDOUT, ">&OLDOUT") or die "Can't restore STDOUT: $!";
+
+# just in case
+close REGRESS_IN;
+
+my $diff_status = system("diff -c \"$srcdir/$subdir/expected.out\" regress.out >regress.diff");
+if ($diff_status == 0) {
+  print <<EOF;
+======================================================================
+All tests passed
+EOF
+  exit 0;
+} else {
+  print <<EOF;
+======================================================================
+FAILED: the test result differs from the expected output
+
+Review the difference in "$subdir/regress.diff"
+======================================================================
+EOF
+  exit 1;
+}
diff --git a/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.sh b/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.sh
deleted file mode 100644
index 298d8bd..0000000
--- a/src/interfaces/libpq/test/regress.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-
-while read line
-do
-	echo "trying $line"
-	./uri-regress "$line"
-	echo ""
-done < "${SRCDIR}/${SUBDIR}"/regress.in >regress.out 2>&1
-
-if diff -c "${SRCDIR}/${SUBDIR}/"expected.out regress.out >regress.diff; then
-	echo "========================================"
-	echo "All tests passed"
-	exit 0
-else
-	echo "========================================"
-	echo "FAILED: the test result differs from the expected output"
-	echo
-	echo "Review the difference in ${SUBDIR}/regress.diff"
-	echo "========================================"
-	exit 1
-fi
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
index f0fad43..e65971c 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Mkvcbuild.pm
@@ -229,6 +229,15 @@ sub mkvcbuild
     $libpq->ReplaceFile('src\interfaces\libpq\libpqrc.c','src\interfaces\libpq\libpq.rc');
     $libpq->AddReference($libpgport);

+    my $libpq_uri_regress = $solution->AddProject('libpq_uri_regress','exe','misc');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddFile('src\interfaces\libpq\test\uri-regress.c');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddIncludeDir('src\port');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddIncludeDir('src\interfaces\libpq');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddLibrary('wsock32.lib');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddDefine('HOST_TUPLE="i686-pc-win32vc"');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddDefine('FRONTEND');
+    $libpq_uri_regress->AddReference($libpq,$libpgport);
+
     my $libpqwalreceiver = $solution->AddProject('libpqwalreceiver', 'dll', '',
         'src\backend\replication\libpqwalreceiver');
     $libpqwalreceiver->AddIncludeDir('src\interfaces\libpq');