diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2a26de4a0..e845bd992 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ option(SYSTEM_RTMIDI "Use a system-installed version of RtMidi instead of the ve
 option(SYSTEM_ZLIB "Use a system-installed version of zlib instead of the vendored one" OFF)
 option(SYSTEM_SDL2 "Use a system-installed version of SDL2 instead of the vendored one" ${SYSTEM_SDL2_DEFAULT})
 option(SUPPORT_XP "Build a Windows XP-compatible binary" OFF)
+option(SUPPORT_VISTA "Build a Windows Vista-compatible binary" OFF)
 option(WARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS "Whether warnings in furnace's C++ code should be treated as errors" OFF)
 option(WITH_DEMOS "Install demo songs (NOTE: demo songs are NOT under GPL!)" OFF)
 option(WITH_INSTRUMENTS "Install instruments" ON)
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ if (WIN32)
   if (SUPPORT_XP)
     list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES "_WIN32_WINNT=0x0501")
     list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES "SUPPORT_XP")
+  else()
+    # support Windows Vista
+    if (SUPPORT_VISTA)
+      list(APPEND DEPENDENCIES_DEFINES "_WIN32_WINNT=0x0600")
+    endif()
   endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/scripts/release-win32.sh b/scripts/release-win32.sh
index d3e3b05f0..8d51e8e58 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win32.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win32.sh
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fi
 cd win32build
 
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
-i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2 -march=i586" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -march=i586" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=OFF -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=ON -DUSE_BACKWARD=ON -DSDL_SSE=OFF -DSDL_SSE2=OFF -DSDL_SSE3=OFF -DENABLE_SSE=OFF -DENABLE_SSE2=OFF -DENABLE_AVX=OFF -DENABLE_AVX2=OFF -DWITH_LOCALE=ON -DUSE_MOMO=ON -DFORCE_CODEVIEW=ON .. || exit 1
+i686-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2 -march=i586" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -march=i586" -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=OFF -DSUPPORT_XP=OFF -DWITH_RENDER_DX11=ON -DUSE_BACKWARD=ON -DSDL_SSE=OFF -DSDL_SSE2=OFF -DSDL_SSE3=OFF -DENABLE_SSE=OFF -DENABLE_SSE2=OFF -DENABLE_AVX=OFF -DENABLE_AVX2=OFF -DWITH_LOCALE=ON -DUSE_MOMO=ON -DFORCE_CODEVIEW=ON -DSUPPORT_VISTA=ON .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
 
 cd ..
diff --git a/scripts/release-win64.sh b/scripts/release-win64.sh
index d37344218..bd5210626 100755
--- a/scripts/release-win64.sh
+++ b/scripts/release-win64.sh
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ fi
 cd winbuild
 
 # TODO: potential Arch-ism?
-x86_64-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Werror" -DWITH_LOCALE=ON -DUSE_MOMO=ON -DUSE_BACKWARD=ON -DFORCE_CODEVIEW=ON .. || exit 1
+x86_64-w64-mingw32-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_C_FLAGS="-O2" -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="-O2 -Wall -Wextra -Wno-unused-parameter -Wno-cast-function-type -Wno-deprecated-declarations -Werror" -DWITH_LOCALE=ON -DUSE_MOMO=ON -DUSE_BACKWARD=ON -DFORCE_CODEVIEW=ON -DSUPPORT_VISTA=ON .. || exit 1
 make -j8 || exit 1
 
 cd ..