diff --git a/jdk/make/copy/Copy-java.base.gmk b/jdk/make/copy/Copy-java.base.gmk
index c4f1c6c025a..296442e0f13 100644
--- a/jdk/make/copy/Copy-java.base.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/copy/Copy-java.base.gmk
@@ -60,16 +60,28 @@ ifneq ($(findstring $(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), windows aix),)
 endif
 
 ################################################################################
-# Copy msvcrXX.dll on windows
-
+# Copy the microsoft runtime libraries on windows
 ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), windows)
-  MSVCR_TARGET := $(LIB_DST_DIR)/$(notdir $(MSVCR_DLL))
-  # Chmod to avoid permission issues if bundles are unpacked on unix platforms.
-  $(MSVCR_TARGET): $(MSVCR_DLL)
-	$(call install-file)
-	$(CHMOD) a+rx $@
 
-  TARGETS += $(MSVCR_TARGET)
+  # Chmod to avoid permission issues if bundles are unpacked on unix platforms.
+  define copy-and-chmod
+	$(install-file)
+	$(CHMOD) a+rx $@
+  endef
+
+  # Use separate macro calls in case the source files are not in the same
+  # directory.
+  $(eval $(call SetupCopyFiles,COPY_MSVCR, \
+      DEST := $(LIB_DST_DIR), \
+      FILES := $(MSVCR_DLL), \
+      MACRO := copy-and-chmod))
+
+  $(eval $(call SetupCopyFiles,COPY_MSVCP, \
+      DEST := $(LIB_DST_DIR), \
+      FILES := $(MSVCP_DLL), \
+      MACRO := copy-and-chmod))
+
+  TARGETS += $(COPY_MSVCR) $(COPY_MSVCP)
 endif
 
 ################################################################################
diff --git a/jdk/make/lib/CoreLibraries.gmk b/jdk/make/lib/CoreLibraries.gmk
index 30e3284a27d..406e0bf117f 100644
--- a/jdk/make/lib/CoreLibraries.gmk
+++ b/jdk/make/lib/CoreLibraries.gmk
@@ -283,6 +283,11 @@ ifeq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), windows)
       cmdtoargs.c
   # Staticically link with c runtime on windows.
   LIBJLI_CFLAGS := $(filter-out -MD, $(LIBJLI_CFLAGS))
+  # Supply the name of the C runtime lib.
+  LIBJLI_CFLAGS += -DMSVCR_DLL_NAME='"$(notdir $(MSVCR_DLL))"'
+  ifneq ($(MSVCP_DLL), )
+    LIBJLI_CFLAGS += -DMSVCP_DLL_NAME='"$(notdir $(MSVCP_DLL))"'
+  endif
 else ifneq ($(OPENJDK_TARGET_OS), macosx)
 
   BUILD_LIBJLI_FILES += java_md_common.c
diff --git a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjli/java_md.c b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjli/java_md.c
index 81b1c263821..2bf50ea7fc3 100644
--- a/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjli/java_md.c
+++ b/jdk/src/java.base/windows/native/libjli/java_md.c
@@ -265,26 +265,17 @@ LoadMSVCRT()
          * assumed to be present in the "JRE path" directory.  If it is not found
          * there (or "JRE path" fails to resolve), skip the explicit load and let
          * nature take its course, which is likely to be a failure to execute.
-         * This is clearly completely specific to the exact compiler version
-         * which isn't very nice, but its hardly the only place.
-         * No attempt to look for compiler versions in between 2003 and 2010
-         * as we aren't supporting building with those.
+         * The makefiles will provide the correct lib contained in quotes in the
+         * macro MSVCR_DLL_NAME.
          */
-#ifdef _MSC_VER
-#if _MSC_VER < 1400
-#define CRT_DLL "msvcr71.dll"
-#endif
-#if _MSC_VER >= 1600
-#define CRT_DLL "msvcr100.dll"
-#endif
-#ifdef CRT_DLL
+#ifdef MSVCR_DLL_NAME
         if (GetJREPath(crtpath, MAXPATHLEN)) {
             if (JLI_StrLen(crtpath) + JLI_StrLen("\\bin\\") +
-                    JLI_StrLen(CRT_DLL) >= MAXPATHLEN) {
+                    JLI_StrLen(MSVCR_DLL_NAME) >= MAXPATHLEN) {
                 JLI_ReportErrorMessage(JRE_ERROR11);
                 return JNI_FALSE;
             }
-            (void)JLI_StrCat(crtpath, "\\bin\\" CRT_DLL);   /* Add crt dll */
+            (void)JLI_StrCat(crtpath, "\\bin\\" MSVCR_DLL_NAME);   /* Add crt dll */
             JLI_TraceLauncher("CRT path is %s\n", crtpath);
             if (_access(crtpath, 0) == 0) {
                 if (LoadLibrary(crtpath) == 0) {
@@ -293,8 +284,24 @@ LoadMSVCRT()
                 }
             }
         }
-#endif /* CRT_DLL */
-#endif /* _MSC_VER */
+#endif /* MSVCR_DLL_NAME */
+#ifdef MSVCP_DLL_NAME
+        if (GetJREPath(crtpath, MAXPATHLEN)) {
+            if (JLI_StrLen(crtpath) + JLI_StrLen("\\bin\\") +
+                    JLI_StrLen(MSVCP_DLL_NAME) >= MAXPATHLEN) {
+                JLI_ReportErrorMessage(JRE_ERROR11);
+                return JNI_FALSE;
+            }
+            (void)JLI_StrCat(crtpath, "\\bin\\" MSVCP_DLL_NAME);   /* Add prt dll */
+            JLI_TraceLauncher("PRT path is %s\n", crtpath);
+            if (_access(crtpath, 0) == 0) {
+                if (LoadLibrary(crtpath) == 0) {
+                    JLI_ReportErrorMessage(DLL_ERROR4, crtpath);
+                    return JNI_FALSE;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+#endif /* MSVCP_DLL_NAME */
         loaded = 1;
     }
     return JNI_TRUE;