diff --git a/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make b/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make
index ea16fca3ddea92f23d7c1300787b39a814d3e336..6f8dcce3406a0b72560350dad7c10575dbcc3896 100644
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/compile.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 1997, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 1997, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) /D TARGET_COMPILER_visCPP
 #      1400 is for VS2005
 #      1500 is for VS2008
 #      1600 is for VS2010
+#      1700 is for VS2012
 #    Do not confuse this MSC_VER with the predefined macro _MSC_VER that the
 #    compiler provides, when MSC_VER==1399, _MSC_VER will be 1400.
 #    Normally they are the same, but a pre-release of the VS2005 compilers
@@ -142,6 +143,9 @@ COMPILER_NAME=VS2008
 !if "$(MSC_VER)" == "1600"
 COMPILER_NAME=VS2010
 !endif
+!if "$(MSC_VER)" == "1700"
+COMPILER_NAME=VS2012
+!endif
 !endif
 
 # By default, we do not want to use the debug version of the msvcrt.dll file
@@ -151,9 +155,13 @@ MS_RUNTIME_OPTION = /MD
 MS_RUNTIME_OPTION = /MTd /D "_DEBUG"
 !endif
 
+# VS2012 and later won't work with:
+#     /D _STATIC_CPPLIB /D _DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB
+!if "$(MSC_VER)" < "1700"
 # Always add the _STATIC_CPPLIB flag
 STATIC_CPPLIB_OPTION = /D _STATIC_CPPLIB /D _DISABLE_DEPRECATE_STATIC_CPPLIB
 MS_RUNTIME_OPTION = $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION) $(STATIC_CPPLIB_OPTION)
+!endif
 CXX_FLAGS=$(CXX_FLAGS) $(MS_RUNTIME_OPTION)
 
 # How /GX option is spelled
@@ -221,6 +229,22 @@ LD_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LD_FLAGS)
 !endif
 !endif
 
+!if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VS2012"
+PRODUCT_OPT_OPTION   = /O2 /Oy-
+FASTDEBUG_OPT_OPTION = /O2 /Oy-
+DEBUG_OPT_OPTION     = /Od
+GX_OPTION = /EHsc
+LD_FLAGS = /manifest $(LD_FLAGS)
+# Manifest Tool - used in VS2005 and later to adjust manifests stored
+# as resources inside build artifacts.
+!if "x$(MT)" == "x"
+MT=mt.exe
+!endif
+!if "$(BUILDARCH)" == "i486"
+LD_FLAGS = /SAFESEH $(LD_FLAGS)
+!endif
+!endif
+
 # If NO_OPTIMIZATIONS is defined in the environment, turn everything off
 !ifdef NO_OPTIMIZATIONS
 PRODUCT_OPT_OPTION   = $(DEBUG_OPT_OPTION)
diff --git a/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make b/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make
index 86c6b59aefed21aca674e7ffde3a89064b0a159d..b502cfaa65f956baee28c684234ad69899ebcc5d 100644
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/sanity.make
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 #
-# Copyright (c) 2006, 2012, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2006, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
 # DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
 #
 # This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@
 all: checkCL checkLink
 
 checkCL:
-	@ if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1310" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1399" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1400" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1500" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1600" \
+	@ if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1310" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1399" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1400" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1500" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1600" if "$(MSC_VER)" NEQ "1700" \
 	echo *** WARNING *** unrecognized cl.exe version $(MSC_VER) ($(RAW_MSC_VER)).  Use FORCE_MSC_VER to override automatic detection.
 
 checkLink:
-	@ if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "710" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "800" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "900" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "1000" \
+	@ if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "710" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "800" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "900" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "1000" if "$(LD_VER)" NEQ "1100" \
 	echo *** WARNING *** unrecognized link.exe version $(LD_VER) ($(RAW_LD_VER)).  Use FORCE_LD_VER to override automatic detection.
diff --git a/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make b/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
index 54ba1eef5b8286963bcb0b9e70d29390a6e50da7..b76443774de1ee4d7c98e497a22991b3265d8d30 100644
--- a/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
+++ b/make/windows/makefiles/vm.make
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ CXX_DONT_USE_PCH=/D DONT_USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER
 
 !if "$(USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADER)" != "0"
 CXX_USE_PCH=/Fp"vm.pch" /Yu"precompiled.hpp"
+!if "$(COMPILER_NAME)" == "VS2012"
+# VS2012 requires this object file to be listed:
+LD_FLAGS=$(LD_FLAGS) _build_pch_file.obj
+!endif
 !else
 CXX_USE_PCH=$(CXX_DONT_USE_PCH)
 !endif
diff --git a/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/unwind_windows_x86.hpp b/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/unwind_windows_x86.hpp
index 00b9b6c305dc8bee659780d9a774c2caf856940c..f4ea83debf42a8828afe392126bdbef142572e65 100644
--- a/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/unwind_windows_x86.hpp
+++ b/src/os_cpu/windows_x86/vm/unwind_windows_x86.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2004, 2011, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2004, 2013, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved.
  * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER.
  *
  * This code is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
@@ -29,10 +29,15 @@
 #ifdef AMD64
 typedef unsigned char UBYTE;
 
+#if _MSC_VER < 1700
+
+/* Not needed for VS2012 compiler, comes from winnt.h. */
 #define UNW_FLAG_EHANDLER  0x01
 #define UNW_FLAG_UHANDLER  0x02
 #define UNW_FLAG_CHAININFO 0x04
 
+#endif
+
 // This structure is used to define an UNWIND_INFO that
 // only has an ExceptionHandler.  There are no UnwindCodes
 // declared.
@@ -59,6 +64,9 @@ typedef struct _RUNTIME_FUNCTION {
 } RUNTIME_FUNCTION, *PRUNTIME_FUNCTION;
 */
 
+#if _MSC_VER < 1700
+
+/* Not needed for VS2012 compiler, comes from winnt.h. */
 typedef struct _DISPATCHER_CONTEXT {
     ULONG64 ControlPc;
     ULONG64 ImageBase;
@@ -71,6 +79,8 @@ typedef struct _DISPATCHER_CONTEXT {
     PVOID HandlerData;
 } DISPATCHER_CONTEXT, *PDISPATCHER_CONTEXT;
 
+#endif
+
 #if _MSC_VER < 1500
 
 /* Not needed for VS2008 compiler, comes from winnt.h. */