diff -r 8c570828e4f0 PC/msvcrtmodule.c
--- a/PC/msvcrtmodule.c	Fri Nov 21 00:00:42 2008 +0900
+++ b/PC/msvcrtmodule.c	Fri Nov 21 00:28:58 2008 +0900
@@ -21,6 +21,13 @@
 #include <io.h>
 #include <conio.h>
 #include <sys/locking.h>
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#if _MSC_VER >= 1500
+#define ADD_MSVCRT_MANIFEST_VERSIONS
+#include <crtassem.h>
+#endif
+#endif
 
 // Force the malloc heap to clean itself up, and free unused blocks
 // back to the OS.  (According to the docs, only works on NT.)
@@ -273,6 +280,36 @@
 	}
 }
 
+static int
+insert_crt_version_info(PyObject *m)
+{
+	int st = 0;
+
+#ifdef ADD_MSVCRT_MANIFEST_VERSIONS
+	st = PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "VC_ASSEMBLY_PUBLICKEYTOKEN",
+					_VC_ASSEMBLY_PUBLICKEYTOKEN);
+	if (st) {
+		PyErr_Clear();
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	st = PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION",
+					_CRT_ASSEMBLY_VERSION);
+	if (st) {
+		PyErr_Clear();
+		return -1;
+	}
+
+	st = PyModule_AddStringConstant(m, "LIBRARIES_ASSEMBLY_NAME_PREFIX",
+					__LIBRARIES_ASSEMBLY_NAME_PREFIX);
+	if (st) {
+		PyErr_Clear();
+		return -1;
+	}
+#endif
+
+	return st;
+}
 
 /* List of functions exported by this module */
 static struct PyMethodDef msvcrt_functions[] = {
@@ -298,6 +335,7 @@
 PyMODINIT_FUNC
 initmsvcrt(void)
 {
+	int st;
 	PyObject *d;
 	PyObject *m = Py_InitModule("msvcrt", msvcrt_functions);
 	if (m == NULL)
@@ -310,4 +348,12 @@
 	insertint(d, "LK_NBRLCK", _LK_NBRLCK);
 	insertint(d, "LK_RLCK", _LK_RLCK);
 	insertint(d, "LK_UNLCK", _LK_UNLCK);
+
+	/* constants for the crt versions */
+	st = insert_crt_version_info(m);
+	if (st) {
+		PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ImportError, "Error while adding crt " \
+				"version strings constants");
+		return;
+	}
 }