diff -r c95ce9b0a085 PCbuild/get_externals.bat
--- a/PCbuild/get_externals.bat	Fri Oct 31 13:13:09 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/get_externals.bat	Fri Oct 31 12:35:36 2014 -0500
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 for /D %%d in (
                bzip2-*
                db-*
+               nasm-*
                openssl-*
                tcl-*
                tcltk*
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
 
 for %%e in (
             bzip2-1.0.6
+            nasm-2.11.06
             openssl-1.0.1j
             tcl-8.6.1.0
             tk-8.6.1.0
@@ -87,9 +89,9 @@
 echo.**WARNING**: the cleaning options unconditionally remove any directory
 echo.that is a child of
 echo.   %CD%
-echo.and matches wildcard patterns beginning with bzip2-, db-, openssl-, tcl-,
-echo.tcltk, tk-, tix-, sqlite-, or xz-, and as such has the potential to be
-echo.very destructive if you are not aware of what it is doing.  Use with
+echo.and matches wildcard patterns beginning with bzip2-, db-, nasm-, openssl-,
+echo.tcl-, tcltk, tk-, tix-, sqlite-, or xz-, and as such has the potential
+echo.to be very destructive if you are not aware of what it is doing.  Use with
 echo.caution!
 popd
 exit /b -1
diff -r c95ce9b0a085 PCbuild/pyproject.props
--- a/PCbuild/pyproject.props	Fri Oct 31 13:13:09 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/pyproject.props	Fri Oct 31 12:35:36 2014 -0500
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     <sqlite3Dir>$(externalsDir)\sqlite-3.8.3.1</sqlite3Dir>
     <bz2Dir>$(externalsDir)\bzip2-1.0.6</bz2Dir>
     <lzmaDir>$(externalsDir)\xz-5.0.5</lzmaDir>
+    <nasmDir>$(externalsDir)\nasm-2.11.06</nasmDir>
     <opensslDir>$(externalsDir)\openssl-1.0.1j</opensslDir>
     <tclDir>$(externalsDir)\tcl-8.6.1.0</tclDir>
     <tkDir>$(externalsDir)\tk-8.6.1.0</tkDir>
@@ -77,6 +78,9 @@
     <BuildMacro Include="lzmaDir">
       <Value>$(lzmaDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
+    <BuildMacro Include="nasmDir">
+      <Value>$(nasmDir)</Value>
+    </BuildMacro>
     <BuildMacro Include="opensslDir">
       <Value>$(opensslDir)</Value>
     </BuildMacro>
diff -r c95ce9b0a085 PCbuild/readme.txt
--- a/PCbuild/readme.txt	Fri Oct 31 13:13:09 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/readme.txt	Fri Oct 31 12:35:36 2014 -0500
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
 
 1.  Install Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 SP1, any edition.
 2.  Install Subversion, and make sure 'svn.exe' is on your PATH.
-3.  Install NASM, and make sure 'nasm.exe' is on your PATH.
-4.  Run "build.bat -e" to build Python in 32-bit Release configuration.
-5.  (Optional, but recommended) Run the test suite with "rt.bat -q".
+3.  Run "build.bat -e" to build Python in 32-bit Release configuration.
+4.  (Optional, but recommended) Run the test suite with "rt.bat -q".
 
 
 Building Python using Microsoft Visual C++
@@ -225,7 +224,8 @@
     to be somewhere on your PATH.  More recent versions of OpenSSL may
     need a later version of NASM. If OpenSSL's self tests don't pass,
     you should first try to update NASM and do a full rebuild of
-    OpenSSL.
+    OpenSSL.  get_externals.py also downloads a snapshot of NASM, and the
+    ssl sub-project includes that version of nasm.exe on PATH.
 
     The ssl sub-project expects your OpenSSL sources to have already
     been configured and be ready to build.  If you get your sources
diff -r c95ce9b0a085 PCbuild/ssl.vcxproj
--- a/PCbuild/ssl.vcxproj	Fri Oct 31 13:13:09 2014 +0100
+++ b/PCbuild/ssl.vcxproj	Fri Oct 31 12:35:36 2014 -0500
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup>
     <_ProjectFileVersion>10.0.30319.1</_ProjectFileVersion>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_x86.h crypto\buildinf.h
 copy /Y crypto\opensslconf_x86.h crypto\opensslconf.h
@@ -133,6 +134,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 nasm -f win64 -DNEAR -Ox -g ms\\uptable.asm || echo nasm failed! &amp;&amp; exit
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_amd64.h crypto\buildinf.h
@@ -148,6 +150,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_x86.h crypto\buildinf.h
 copy /Y crypto\opensslconf_x86.h crypto\opensslconf.h
@@ -162,6 +165,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 nasm -f win64 -DNEAR -Ox -g ms\\uptable.asm || echo nasm failed! &amp;&amp; exit
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_amd64.h crypto\buildinf.h
@@ -177,6 +181,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_x86.h crypto\buildinf.h
 copy /Y crypto\opensslconf_x86.h crypto\opensslconf.h
@@ -191,6 +196,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|Win32'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 nasm -f win64 -DNEAR -Ox -g ms\\uptable.asm || echo nasm failed! &amp;&amp; exit
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_amd64.h crypto\buildinf.h
@@ -206,6 +212,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGInstrument|x64'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_x86.h crypto\buildinf.h
 copy /Y crypto\opensslconf_x86.h crypto\opensslconf.h
@@ -220,6 +227,7 @@
     <NMakeAssemblySearchPath Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'">$(NMakeAssemblySearchPath)</NMakeAssemblySearchPath>
     <NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|Win32'">$(NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies)</NMakeForcedUsingAssemblies>
     <NMakeBuildCommandLine Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='PGUpdate|x64'">
+path $(SolutionDir)$(nasmDir);%PATH%
 cd "$(SolutionDir)$(opensslDir)"
 nasm -f win64 -DNEAR -Ox -g ms\\uptable.asm || echo nasm failed! &amp;&amp; exit
 copy /Y crypto\buildinf_amd64.h crypto\buildinf.h