diff --git a/util/pl/VC-32.pl b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
index 68865a8cc645d0d3f2ac053b56c801c50dee6c9b..69197b0144e3dba0a4539281641f1ee9f96a1c6a 100644
--- a/util/pl/VC-32.pl
+++ b/util/pl/VC-32.pl
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)
     $wcetgt = $ENV{'TARGETCPU'};	# just shorter name...
     SWITCH: for($wcetgt) {
 	/^X86/		&& do {	$wcecdefs.=" -Dx86 -D_X86_ -D_i386_ -Di_386_";
-				$wcelflag.=" /machine:IX86";	last; };
+				$wcelflag.=" /machine:X86";	last; };
 	/^ARMV4[IT]/	&& do { $wcecdefs.=" -DARM -D_ARM_ -D$wcetgt";
 				$wcecdefs.=" -DTHUMB -D_THUMB_" if($wcetgt=~/T$/);
 				$wcecdefs.=" -QRarch4T -QRinterwork-return";
@@ -121,12 +121,12 @@ elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)
 	  $wcelflag.=" /machine:$wcetgt";			last; };
     }
 
-    $cc='$(CC)';
+    $cc=($ENV{CC} or "cl");
     $base_cflags=' /W3 /WX /GF /Gy /nologo -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE -DOPENSSL_SYSNAME_WINCE -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN -DL_ENDIAN -DDSO_WIN32 -DNO_CHMOD -DOPENSSL_SMALL_FOOTPRINT';
     $base_cflags.=" $wcecdefs";
     $base_cflags.=' -I$(WCECOMPAT)/include'		if (defined($ENV{'WCECOMPAT'}));
     $base_cflags.=' -I$(PORTSDK_LIBPATH)/../../include'	if (defined($ENV{'PORTSDK_LIBPATH'}));
-    if (`cl 2>&1` =~ /Version 1[4-9]\./) {
+    if ($cc =~ /\bcl(\.exe)*$/) {
 	$base_cflags.=($shlib and !$fipscanisterbuild)?' /MD':' /MT';
     } else {
 	$base_cflags.=' /MC';
@@ -178,14 +178,26 @@ $rsc="rc";
 $efile="/out:";
 $exep='.exe';
 if ($no_sock)		{ $ex_libs=''; }
-elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)	{ $ex_libs='winsock.lib'; }
+elsif ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)	{ $ex_libs='ws2.lib'; }
 else			{ $ex_libs='ws2_32.lib'; }
 
 if ($FLAVOR =~ /CE/)
 	{
-	$ex_libs.=' $(WCECOMPAT)/lib/wcecompatex.lib'	if (defined($ENV{'WCECOMPAT'}));
+	$ex_libs.=' crypt32.lib';	# for e_capi.c
+	if (defined($ENV{WCECOMPAT}))
+		{
+		$ex_libs.= ' $(WCECOMPAT)/lib';
+		if (-f "$ENV{WCECOMPAT}/lib/$ENV{TARGETCPU}/wcecompatex.lib")
+			{
+			$ex_libs.='/$(TARGETCPU)/whecompatex.lib';
+			}
+		else
+			{
+			$ex_libs.='/wcecompatex.lib';
+			}
+		}
 	$ex_libs.=' $(PORTSDK_LIBPATH)/portlib.lib'	if (defined($ENV{'PORTSDK_LIBPATH'}));
-	$ex_libs.=' /nodefaultlib:oldnames.lib coredll.lib corelibc.lib' if ($ENV{'TARGETCPU'} eq "X86");
+	$ex_libs.=' /nodefaultlib coredll.lib corelibc.lib' if ($ENV{'TARGETCPU'} eq "X86");
 	}
 else
 	{