diff --git a/sql/CMakeLists.txt b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
index 9ea9874c1b1..860afb42a27 100755
--- a/sql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,10 +28,8 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include
                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bdb/build_win32
                     ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bdb/dbinc)
 
-SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/message.rc 
-							${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/message.h 
-							${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.h 
-							${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.cc
+SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.h 
+                            ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.cc
                             ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/include/mysql_version.h
                             ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/lex_hash.h 
                             ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/mysqld_error.h
@@ -120,13 +118,6 @@ ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
 	DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/sql_yacc.cc
 )
 
-# Windows message file
-ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
-	SOURCE ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/message.mc
-	OUTPUT message.rc message.h
-	COMMAND mc ARGS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/message.mc
-	DEPENDS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/sql/message.mc)
-
 # Gen_lex_hash
 # About "mysqlclient_notls", see note in "client/CMakeLists.txt"
 ADD_EXECUTABLE(gen_lex_hash gen_lex_hash.cc)
@@ -141,7 +132,7 @@ ADD_DEPENDENCIES(mysqld${MYSQLD_EXE_SUFFIX} gen_lex_hash)
 
 # Remove the auto-generated files as part of 'Clean Solution'
 SET_DIRECTORY_PROPERTIES(PROPERTIES ADDITIONAL_MAKE_CLEAN_FILES 
-                         "lex_hash.h;message.rc;message.h;sql_yacc.h;sql_yacc.cc")
+                         "lex_hash.h;sql_yacc.h;sql_yacc.cc")
 
 ADD_LIBRARY(udf_example MODULE udf_example.c udf_example.def)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(udf_example strings)
diff --git a/sql/MSG00001.bin b/sql/MSG00001.bin
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..89f547694f5
Binary files /dev/null and b/sql/MSG00001.bin differ
diff --git a/sql/Makefile.am b/sql/Makefile.am
index 52a4c96f451..96cdd04d5ba 100644
--- a/sql/Makefile.am
+++ b/sql/Makefile.am
@@ -118,7 +118,8 @@ DEFS =			-DMYSQL_SERVER \
 
 BUILT_SOURCES =		sql_yacc.cc sql_yacc.h lex_hash.h
 EXTRA_DIST =		$(BUILT_SOURCES) nt_servc.cc nt_servc.h \
-			message.mc examples/CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt \
+			message.mc message.h message.rc MSG00001.bin \
+			examples/CMakeLists.txt CMakeLists.txt \
 			udf_example.c udf_example.def
 DISTCLEANFILES =        lex_hash.h sql_yacc.output
 
diff --git a/sql/message.h b/sql/message.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0e7c282d5a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/message.h
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+  To change or add messages mysqld writes to the Windows error log, run
+   mc.exe message.mc
+  and checkin generated messages.h, messages.rc and msg000001.bin under the 
+  source control.
+  mc.exe can be installed with Windows SDK, some Visual Studio distributions 
+  do not include it.
+*/
+//
+//  Values are 32 bit values layed out as follows:
+//
+//   3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
+//   1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0
+//  +---+-+-+-----------------------+-------------------------------+
+//  |Sev|C|R|     Facility          |               Code            |
+//  +---+-+-+-----------------------+-------------------------------+
+//
+//  where
+//
+//      Sev - is the severity code
+//
+//          00 - Success
+//          01 - Informational
+//          10 - Warning
+//          11 - Error
+//
+//      C - is the Customer code flag
+//
+//      R - is a reserved bit
+//
+//      Facility - is the facility code
+//
+//      Code - is the facility's status code
+//
+//
+// Define the facility codes
+//
+
+
+//
+// Define the severity codes
+//
+
+
+//
+// MessageId: MSG_DEFAULT
+//
+// MessageText:
+//
+//  %1For more information, see Help and Support Center at http://www.mysql.com.
+//  
+//  
+//
+#define MSG_DEFAULT                      0xC0000064L
+
diff --git a/sql/message.mc b/sql/message.mc
index a1a7c8cff7e..8d68d599365 100644
--- a/sql/message.mc
+++ b/sql/message.mc
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+;/*
+;  To change or add messages mysqld writes to the Windows error log, run
+;   mc.exe message.mc
+;  and checkin generated messages.h, messages.rc and msg000001.bin under the 
+;  source control.
+;  mc.exe can be installed with Windows SDK, some Visual Studio distributions 
+;  do not include it.
+;*/
 MessageId    = 100
 Severity     = Error
 Facility     = Application
diff --git a/sql/message.rc b/sql/message.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..116522b7d48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sql/message.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+LANGUAGE 0x9,0x1
+1 11 MSG00001.bin