diff --git a/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/Product.wxs b/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/Product.wxs
index 794b4f18616bc48b5cc1329b09f03cc95c4032c2..6445150d7f28f86c915efd8460ebbe9e0f8e2bc8 100644
--- a/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/Product.wxs
+++ b/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/Product.wxs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
-     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
+     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" 
+     xmlns:fw="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/FirewallExtension">
   <!--
     32-bit installer
     
@@ -60,9 +61,10 @@
         The following component installs Redis as a Windows service.
       -->
       <Component Id="cmp_redis_server" Guid="*">
-        <File Source="$(var.RedisServer.TargetDir)redis-server.exe" />
+        <File Id="file_redis_server" Source="$(var.RedisServer.TargetDir)redis-server.exe" />
         <ServiceInstall Id="redisService" Name="Redis" DisplayName="Redis" Description="This service runs the Redis server" Start="auto" ErrorControl="normal" Type="ownProcess" Arguments="--service-run [CONFIG] --loglevel [LOGLEVEL]" Account="[WIX_ACCOUNT_NETWORKSERVICE]" />
         <ServiceControl Id="redisServiceControl" Name="Redis" Start="install" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes" />
+        <fw:FirewallException Id="fw_redis_server" Program="[#file_redis_server]" Description="Exception for Redis server" Name="Redis" Scope="any" />
       </Component>
 
       <!--
diff --git a/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/RedisWindowsX64.wixproj b/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/RedisWindowsX64.wixproj
index 8373c65a38494054b6a5fc61563ac24a5bb4d310..1944d469cc4b6f6338cb640a00ef76a3ee2f3ef5 100644
--- a/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/RedisWindowsX64.wixproj
+++ b/msvs/RedisWindowsX64/RedisWindowsX64.wixproj
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <OutputName>Redis-Windows-x64</OutputName>
     <OutputType>Package</OutputType>
-
     <WixToolPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\lib\wix39-binaries\</WixToolPath>
     <WixTargetsPath>$(WixToolPath)wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
     <WixTasksPath>$(WixToolPath)WixTasks.dll</WixTasksPath>
-    
     <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' AND '$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)' != '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
     <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -73,6 +71,10 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <WixExtension Include="WixFirewallExtension">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\WixFirewallExtension.dll</HintPath>
+      <Name>WixFirewallExtension</Name>
+    </WixExtension>
     <WixExtension Include="WixUtilExtension">
       <HintPath>$(WixExtDir)\WixUtilExtension.dll</HintPath>
       <Name>WixUtilExtension</Name>
diff --git a/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/Product.wxs b/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/Product.wxs
index 94ae56216482d1ccc8fd1e343d1b2019ffa876fc..78f3d884f9a1a916089d61e5d478a229eb3bcf8f 100644
--- a/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/Product.wxs
+++ b/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/Product.wxs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <Wix xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/2006/wi"
-     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension">
+     xmlns:util="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/UtilExtension" 
+     xmlns:fw="http://schemas.microsoft.com/wix/FirewallExtension">
   <!--
     32-bit installer
     
@@ -60,9 +61,10 @@
         The following component installs Redis as a Windows service.
       -->
       <Component Id="cmp_redis_server" Guid="*">
-        <File Source="$(var.RedisServer.TargetDir)redis-server.exe" />
+        <File Id="file_redis_server" Source="$(var.RedisServer.TargetDir)redis-server.exe" />
         <ServiceInstall Id="redisService" Name="Redis" DisplayName="Redis" Description="This service runs the Redis server" Start="auto" ErrorControl="normal" Type="ownProcess" Arguments="--service-run [CONFIG] --loglevel [LOGLEVEL]" Account="[WIX_ACCOUNT_NETWORKSERVICE]" />
         <ServiceControl Id="redisServiceControl" Name="Redis" Start="install" Stop="both" Remove="uninstall" Wait="yes" />
+        <fw:FirewallException Id="fw_redis_server" Program="[#file_redis_server]" Description="Exception for Redis server" Name="Redis" Scope="any" />
       </Component>
 
       <!--
diff --git a/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/RedisWindowsX86.wixproj b/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/RedisWindowsX86.wixproj
index 1da6c8447dc7af708f9340a61d2ff42545a6df9f..248890d4658d8817ab4d901c9668376bbc4896ec 100644
--- a/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/RedisWindowsX86.wixproj
+++ b/msvs/RedisWindowsX86/RedisWindowsX86.wixproj
@@ -8,11 +8,9 @@
     <SchemaVersion>2.0</SchemaVersion>
     <OutputName>Redis-Windows-x86</OutputName>
     <OutputType>Package</OutputType>
-
     <WixToolPath>$(MSBuildProjectDirectory)\lib\wix39-binaries\</WixToolPath>
     <WixTargetsPath>$(WixToolPath)wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
     <WixTasksPath>$(WixToolPath)WixTasks.dll</WixTasksPath>
-    
     <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' AND '$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)' != '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
     <WixTargetsPath Condition=" '$(WixTargetsPath)' == '' ">$(MSBuildExtensionsPath)\Microsoft\WiX\v3.x\Wix.targets</WixTargetsPath>
   </PropertyGroup>
@@ -71,6 +69,10 @@
     </ProjectReference>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <WixExtension Include="WixFirewallExtension">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\..\Program Files (x86)\WiX Toolset v3.9\bin\WixFirewallExtension.dll</HintPath>
+      <Name>WixFirewallExtension</Name>
+    </WixExtension>
     <WixExtension Include="WixUtilExtension">
       <HintPath>$(WixExtDir)\WixUtilExtension.dll</HintPath>
       <Name>WixUtilExtension</Name>