diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b80564ff..7adeac3d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -31,3 +31,10 @@ test-driver
 # test logs generated by `make check`
 *.log
 *.trs
+
+lib/MSVC_obj/
+_VC_ROOT/
+.depend.MSVC
+*.pyd
+*.egg-info/
+python/nghttp2.c
diff --git a/lib/Makefile.msvc b/lib/Makefile.msvc
index edc6d740..294e9f72 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile.msvc
+++ b/lib/Makefile.msvc
@@ -10,50 +10,68 @@
 # Choose your weapons:
 #  Set 'USE_CYTHON=1' to build and install the 'nghttp2.pyd' Python extension.
 #
-USE_CYTHON = 1
+THIS_MAKEFILE := $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST))
 
-_VERSION   := $(shell grep AC_INIT ../configure.ac | cut -d'[' -f3 | sed -e 's/-DEV], //g')
-_VERSION   := $(subst ., ,$(_VERSION))
-VER_MAJOR   = $(word 1,$(_VERSION))
-VER_MINOR   = $(word 2,$(_VERSION))
-VER_MICRO   = $(word 3,$(_VERSION))
-VERSION     = $(VER_MAJOR).$(VER_MINOR).$(VER_MICRO)
-VERSION_NUM = ($(VER_MAJOR) << 16) + ($(VER_MINOR) << 8) + $(VER_MICRO)
+USE_CYTHON := 1
+#USE_CYTHON := 0
 
-GENERATED   = 'Generated by $(realpath Makefile.MSVC)'
+_VERSION    := $(shell grep AC_INIT ../configure.ac | cut -d'[' -f3 | sed -e 's/-DEV], //g')
+_VERSION   	:= $(subst ., ,$(_VERSION))
+VER_MAJOR  	:= $(word 1,$(_VERSION))
+VER_MINOR  	:= $(word 2,$(_VERSION))
+VER_MICRO   := $(word 3,$(_VERSION))
+VERSION     := $(VER_MAJOR).$(VER_MINOR).$(VER_MICRO)
+VERSION_NUM := ($(VER_MAJOR) << 16) + ($(VER_MINOR) << 8) + $(VER_MICRO)
+
+GENERATED   := 'Generated by $(realpath Makefile.MSVC)'
+
+OBJ_DIR := MSVC_obj
+#SUFFIX :=-vc90-mt-x86
 
 #
 # Where to copy nghttp2.dll + lib + headers to.
 # Note: 'make install' is not in default targets. Do it explicitly.
 #
-VC_ROOT     = $(realpath $(VCINSTALLDIR))
-INSTALL_BIN = $(VC_ROOT)/bin
-INSTALL_LIB = $(VC_ROOT)/lib
-INSTALL_HDR = $(VC_ROOT)/include
+TARGET_DIR  ?= ../_VC_ROOT
+VC_ROOT     := $(abspath $(TARGET_DIR))
+INSTALL_BIN := $(VC_ROOT)/bin
+INSTALL_LIB := $(VC_ROOT)/lib
+INSTALL_HDR := $(VC_ROOT)/include
+DLL_R	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2$(SUFFIX).dll
+DLL_D	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2d$(SUFFIX).dll
+LIB_R	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2-static.lib
+LIB_D	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2d-static.lib
+IMP_R	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.lib
+IMP_D	:= $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2d.lib
 
 #
 # Build for DEBUG-model and RELEASE at the same time.
 #
-TARGETS = nghttp2.lib  nghttp2.dll  nghttp2_imp.lib \
-          nghttp2d.lib nghttp2d.dll nghttp2d_imp.lib
+TARGETS := $(LIB_R) $(DLL_R) $(IMP_R) \
+          $(LIB_D) $(DLL_D) $(IMP_D)
 
 EXT_LIBS = 
 
-OBJ_DIR = MSVC_obj
-
-NGHTTP2_PDB_R = $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.pdb
-NGHTTP2_PDB_D = $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2d.pdb
+NGHTTP2_PDB_R := $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.pdb
+NGHTTP2_PDB_D := $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2d.pdb
 
 CC       = cl
-CFLAGS   = -I./includes -Dssize_t=long -D_U_=""
+LD		 := link
+AR		 := lib
+#CC       := icl
+#LD		 := xilink
+#AR		 := xilib
+RC		 := rc
+CFLAGS   := -I./includes -Dssize_t=long -D_U_=""
 
-CFLAGS_R = -nologo -MD  -W3 -Zi -Fd./$(NGHTTP2_PDB_R)
-CFLAGS_D = -nologo -MDd -W3 -Zi -Fd./$(NGHTTP2_PDB_D) \
+CFLAGS_R := -nologo -MD  -W3 -Z7 -DBUILDING_NGHTTP2
+CFLAGS_D := -nologo -MDd -W3 -Z7 -DBUILDING_NGHTTP2 \
            -Ot -D_DEBUG -GF -RTCs -RTCu # -RTCc -GS
 
-LDFLAGS = -nologo -machine:x64 -map -debug -incremental:no # -verbose
+LDFLAGS := -nologo -MAP -debug -incremental:no -opt:ref,icf -MANIFEST # -verbose
 
-NGHTTP2_SRC = nghttp2_pq.c \
+
+NGHTTP2_SRC := nghttp2_pq.c \
   nghttp2_map.c \
   nghttp2_queue.c \
   nghttp2_frame.c \
@@ -74,10 +92,16 @@ NGHTTP2_SRC = nghttp2_pq.c \
   nghttp2_mem.c \
   nghttp2_http.c
 
-NGHTTP2_OBJ_R = $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/r_, $(notdir $(NGHTTP2_SRC:.c=.obj)))
-NGHTTP2_OBJ_D = $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/d_, $(notdir $(NGHTTP2_SRC:.c=.obj)))
+NGHTTP2_OBJ_R := $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/r_, $(notdir $(NGHTTP2_SRC:.c=.obj)))
+NGHTTP2_OBJ_D := $(addprefix $(OBJ_DIR)/d_, $(notdir $(NGHTTP2_SRC:.c=.obj)))
 
-all: intro $(OBJ_DIR) $(TARGETS)
+.PHONY: all intro test_ver install copy_headers_and_libs \
+	install_nghttp2_pyd_0 install_nghttp2_pyd_1 \
+	build_nghttp2_pyd_0 build_nghttp2_pyd_1 \
+	clean_nghttp2_pyd_0 clean_nghttp2_pyd_1
+
+
+all: intro $(OBJ_DIR) $(TARGETS) build_nghttp2_pyd_$(USE_CYTHON)
 	@echo 'Welcome to NgHTTP2 (release + debug).'
 	@echo 'Do a "make -f Makefile.MSVC install" at own risk!'
 
@@ -95,73 +119,88 @@ $(OBJ_DIR):
 	- mkdir $(OBJ_DIR)
 
 install: includes/nghttp2/nghttp2.h includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h \
-         nghttp2.dll  nghttp2.lib  nghttp2_imp.lib \
-         nghttp2d.dll nghttp2d.lib nghttp2d_imp.lib \
-         copy_headers_and_libs install_nghttp2_pyd_$(USE_CYTHON)
+         $(TARGETS) \
+         copy_headers_and_libs install_nghttp2_pyd_$(USE_CYTHON) 
 
 #
 # This MUST be done before using the 'install_nghttp2_pyd_1' rule.
 #
 copy_headers_and_libs:
-	- mkdir $(INSTALL_HDR)/nghttp2
+	- mkdir -p $(INSTALL_HDR)/nghttp2 $(INSTALL_BIN) $(INSTALL_LIB)
 	cp --update $(addprefix includes/nghttp2/, nghttp2.h nghttp2ver.h)     $(INSTALL_HDR)/nghttp2
-	cp --update nghttp2.dll nghttp2d.dll $(NGHTTP2_PDB_R) $(NGHTTP2_PDB_D) $(INSTALL_BIN)
-	cp --update nghttp2.lib nghttp2d.lib nghttp2_imp.lib nghttp2d_imp.lib  $(INSTALL_LIB)
+	cp --update $(DLL_R) $(DLL_D) $(NGHTTP2_PDB_R) $(NGHTTP2_PDB_D) $(INSTALL_BIN)
+	cp --update $(IMP_R) $(IMP_D) $(LIB_R) $(LIB_D) $(INSTALL_LIB)
 	@echo
 
-nghttp2.lib: $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R)
-	lib -nologo -out:$@ $^
+$(LIB_R): $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R)
+	$(AR) -nologo -out:$@ $^
 	@echo
 
-nghttp2d.lib: $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D)
-	lib -nologo -out:$@ $^
+$(LIB_D): $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D)
+	$(AR) -nologo -out:$@ $^
 	@echo
 
-nghttp2.dll nghttp2_imp.lib: $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R) $(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res 
-	link $(LDFLAGS) -dll -out:nghttp2.dll -implib:nghttp2_imp.lib \
-	     $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R) $(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res $(EXT_LIBS)
+
+$(IMP_R): $(DLL_R)
+
+$(DLL_R): $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R) $(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res 
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -dll -out:$@ -implib:$(IMP_R) $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_R) -PDB:$(NGHTTP2_PDB_R) $(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res $(EXT_LIBS)
+	mt -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@\;2
 	@echo
 
-nghttp2d.dll nghttp2d_imp.lib: $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D) $(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res 
-	link $(LDFLAGS) -dll -out:nghttp2d.dll -implib:nghttp2d_imp.lib \
-	     $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D) $(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res $(EXT_LIBS)
+$(IMP_D): $(DLL_D)
+	
+$(DLL_D): $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D) $(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res 
+	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) -dll -out:$@ -implib:$(IMP_D) $(NGHTTP2_OBJ_D) -PDB:$(NGHTTP2_PDB_D) $(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res $(EXT_LIBS)
+	mt -nologo -manifest $@.manifest -outputresource:$@\;2
 	@echo
 
-install_nghttp2_pyd_0: ;
 
-install_nghttp2_pyd_1: $(addprefix ../python/, setup.py.in nghttp2.pyx)
+WIN_OBJDIR:=$(shell cygpath -w $(abspath $(OBJ_DIR)))
+WIN_OBJDIR:=$(subst \,/,$(WIN_OBJDIR))
+
+../python/setup.py: ../python/setup.py.in $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
 	cd ../python ; \
 	echo '# $(GENERATED). DO NOT EDIT.' > setup.py ; \
 	sed -e 's/@top_srcdir@/../'   \
-	    -e 's/@top_builddir@/../' \
-	    -e 's/@PACKAGE_VERSION@/$(VERSION)/' setup.py.in >> setup.py ; \
-	cython -v nghttp2.pyx ; \
-	python setup.py install
+	    -e 's%@top_builddir@%$(WIN_OBJDIR)%' \
+	    -e 's/@PACKAGE_VERSION@/$(VERSION)/' setup.py.in >> setup.py ;
+
+build_nghttp2_pyd_0: ;
+
+build_nghttp2_pyd_1: $(addprefix ../python/, setup.py nghttp2.pyx)
+	cd ../python ; \
+	python setup.py build_ext -i -f bdist_wininst
+
+install_nghttp2_pyd_0: ;
+		
+install_nghttp2_pyd_1: $(addprefix ../python/, setup.py nghttp2.pyx)
+	cd ../python ; \
+	pip install .
 
 clean_nghttp2_pyd_0: ;
 
 clean_nghttp2_pyd_1:
 	cd ../python ; \
-	rm -f setup.py nghttp2.c ; \
-	rm -fR build/*
+	rm -fR build dist
 
-$(OBJ_DIR)/r_%.obj: %.c
+$(OBJ_DIR)/r_%.obj: %.c $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_R) $(CFLAGS) -Fo$@ -c $<
 	@echo
 
-$(OBJ_DIR)/d_%.obj: %.c
+$(OBJ_DIR)/d_%.obj: %.c $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS_D) $(CFLAGS) -Fo$@ -c $<
 	@echo
 
-$(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res: nghttp2.rc
-	rc -nologo -D_RELEASE -Fo $@ $<
+$(OBJ_DIR)/r_nghttp2.res: $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.rc $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
+	$(RC) -nologo -D_RELEASE -Fo $@ $<
 	@echo
 
-$(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res: nghttp2.rc
-	rc -nologo -D_DEBUG -Fo $@ $<
+$(OBJ_DIR)/d_nghttp2.res: $(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.rc $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
+	$(RC) -nologo -D_DEBUG -Fo $@ $<
 	@echo
 
-includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h: includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h.in
+includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h: includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h.in $(THIS_MAKEFILE)
 	sed < includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h.in     \
 	     -e 's/@PACKAGE_VERSION@/$(VERSION)/g' \
 	     -e 's/@PACKAGE_VERSION_NUM@/($(VERSION_NUM))/g' > $@
@@ -201,8 +240,6 @@ define RES_FILE
         VALUE "OriginalFilename", "nghttp2" DBG ".dll"
         VALUE "ProductName",      "NGHTTP2."
         VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_STR
-        VALUE "PrivateBuild",     "The privat build of <gvanem@yahoo.no>."
-        VALUE "SpecialBuild",     ""
       END
     END
   BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
@@ -214,20 +251,19 @@ endef
 
 export RES_FILE
 
-nghttp2.rc: Makefile.MSVC
+$(OBJ_DIR)/nghttp2.rc: Makefile.MSVC
 	@echo 'Generating $@...'
 	@echo ' /* $(GENERATED). DO NOT EDIT.' > $@
 	@echo '  */'                          >> $@
 	@echo "$$RES_FILE"                    >> $@
 
 clean:
-	rm -f $(OBJ_DIR)/* nghttp2_imp.exp nghttp2_imp.exp \
-	      nghttp2.map nghttp2d.map nghttp2.rc includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h
+	rm -f $(OBJ_DIR)/* includes/nghttp2/nghttp2ver.h
 	@echo
 
 vclean realclean: clean clean_nghttp2_pyd_$(USE_CYTHON)
-	rm -f $(TARGETS) nghttp2.pdb nghttp2d.pdb nghttp2_imp.exp nghttp2d_imp.exp .depend.MSVC
-	- rmdir $(OBJ_DIR)
+	- rm -rf $(OBJ_DIR)
+	- rm -f .depend.MSVC
 
 #
 # Use gcc to generated the dependencies. No MSVC specific args please!
diff --git a/lib/nghttp2_hd.h b/lib/nghttp2_hd.h
index 1b9ca7e9..bf40ab05 100644
--- a/lib/nghttp2_hd.h
+++ b/lib/nghttp2_hd.h
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ int nghttp2_hd_emit_newname_block(nghttp2_bufs *bufs, nghttp2_nv *nv,
 int nghttp2_hd_emit_table_size(nghttp2_bufs *bufs, size_t table_size);
 
 /* For unittesting purpose */
-nghttp2_hd_entry *nghttp2_hd_table_get(nghttp2_hd_context *context,
+NGHTTP2_EXTERN nghttp2_hd_entry *nghttp2_hd_table_get(nghttp2_hd_context *context,
                                        size_t index);
 
 /* For unittesting purpose */
diff --git a/python/setup.py.in b/python/setup.py.in
index 7f9de481..3abaddea 100644
--- a/python/setup.py.in
+++ b/python/setup.py.in
@@ -21,14 +21,10 @@
 # OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION
 # WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
 
-import sys
-from distutils.core import setup
-from distutils.extension import Extension
-
-if sys.platform == "win32":
-  LIBS = ['nghttp2_imp', 'ws2_32']
-else:
-  LIBS = ['nghttp2']
+from setuptools import setup, Extension
+from Cython.Build import cythonize
+ 
+LIBS = ['nghttp2']
 
 setup(
     name = 'python-nghttp2',
@@ -38,12 +34,13 @@ setup(
     author_email = 'tatsuhiro.t@gmail.com',
     url = 'https://nghttp2.org/',
     keywords = [],
-    ext_modules = [Extension("nghttp2",
-                             ["nghttp2.c"],
+    ext_modules = cythonize([Extension("nghttp2",
+                             ["nghttp2.pyx"],
                              include_dirs=['@top_srcdir@/lib',
                                            '@top_srcdir@/lib/includes',
                                            '@top_builddir@/lib/includes'],
-                             library_dirs=['@top_builddir@/lib/.libs'],
-                             libraries=LIBS)],
+                             library_dirs=['@top_builddir@/lib/.libs',
+                                           '@top_builddir@'],
+                             libraries=LIBS)]),
     long_description='TBD'
     )