diff --git a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
index cc3bdcbe3..63014a977 100644
--- a/desmume/src/frontend/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
+++ b/desmume/src/frontend/windows/DeSmuME.vcxproj
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <!-- desmume customization: set PlatformToolset to an uptodate choice for vs2015 and leave it to the default vs2010 toolset for vs2010 -->
   <!-- NOTE: the location of this hack is important or else we break resource editing, intellisense, and ctrl+f7 in vs2010 either; or it doesnt work for vs2015. weird. -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '15.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v141_xp</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'" Label="Configuration">
     <PlatformToolset>v140_xp</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>