Index: Modules/posixmodule.c
===================================================================
--- Modules/posixmodule.c	(revision 72767)
+++ Modules/posixmodule.c	(working copy)
@@ -4717,7 +4717,34 @@
 }
 #endif /* HAVE_SYMLINK */
 
+#if !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(msc_symlink__doc__,
+"symlink(src, dest)\n\n\
+Create a symbolic link pointo to src named dst.");
+
+static PyObject *
+msc_symlink(PyObject *self, PyObject *args, PyObject **kwargs)
+{
+	static char *kwlist = {"target_is_directory", NULL};
+	char **src=NULL, **dest=NULL;
+	int target_is_directory=0;
+	
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwargs, "SS|i:symlink",
+		kwlist, src, dest, &target_is_directory))
+		return NULL;
+	
+	DWORD res;
+	/* TODO: if dest is a directory, ensure target_is_directory==1 */
+	if (!CreateSymbolicLinkW(src, dest, target_is_directory))
+	{
+		return win32_error("symlink", src);
+	}
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400 */
+
 #ifdef HAVE_TIMES
 #if defined(PYCC_VACPP) && defined(PYOS_OS2)
 static long
@@ -7080,6 +7107,9 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_SYMLINK
 	{"symlink",	posix_symlink, METH_VARARGS, posix_symlink__doc__},
 #endif /* HAVE_SYMLINK */
+#if !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400
+	{"symlink", msc_symlink, METH_VARARGS | METH_KEYWORDS, msc_symlink__doc__},
+#endif /* !defined(HAVE_SYMLINK) && defined(_MSC_VER) && _MSC_VER >= 1400 */
 #ifdef HAVE_SYSTEM
 	{"system",	posix_system, METH_VARARGS, posix_system__doc__},
 #endif