diff --git a/src/core/qgsapplication.cpp b/src/core/qgsapplication.cpp
index 4bea38563008..11447573a48b 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/core/qgsapplication.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ QStringList ABISYM( QgsApplication::mDefaultSvgPaths );
 QString ABISYM( QgsApplication::mConfigPath );
 bool ABISYM( QgsApplication::mRunningFromBuildDir ) = false;
 QString ABISYM( QgsApplication::mBuildSourcePath );
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+QString ABISYM( QgsApplication::mCfgIntDir );
+#endif
 QString ABISYM( QgsApplication::mBuildOutputPath );
 QStringList ABISYM( QgsApplication::mGdalSkipList );
 
@@ -81,14 +84,23 @@ void QgsApplication::init( QString customConfigPath )
 
   // check if QGIS is run from build directory (not the install directory)
   QDir appDir( applicationDirPath() );
-  if ( appDir.exists( "source_path.txt" ) )
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+#define SOURCE_PATH "source_path.txt"
+#else
+#define SOURCE_PATH "../source_path.txt"
+#endif
+  if ( appDir.exists( SOURCE_PATH ) )
   {
-    QFile f( applicationDirPath() + "/source_path.txt" );
+    QFile f( applicationDirPath() + "/" + SOURCE_PATH );
     if ( f.open( QIODevice::ReadOnly ) )
     {
       ABISYM( mRunningFromBuildDir ) = true;
       ABISYM( mBuildSourcePath ) = f.readAll();
-#if defined(Q_WS_MACX) || defined(Q_WS_WIN32) || defined(WIN32)
+#if _MSC_VER
+      QStringList elems = applicationDirPath().split( "/", QString::SkipEmptyParts );
+      ABISYM( mCfgIntDir ) = elems.last();
+      ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) = applicationDirPath() + "/../..";
+#elif defined(Q_WS_MACX)
       ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) = applicationDirPath();
 #else
       ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) = applicationDirPath() + "/.."; // on linux
@@ -103,7 +115,11 @@ void QgsApplication::init( QString customConfigPath )
   {
     // we run from source directory - not installed to destination (specified prefix)
     ABISYM( mPrefixPath ) = QString(); // set invalid path
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    setPluginPath( ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) + "/" + QString( QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR ) + "/" + ABISYM( mCfgIntDir ) );
+#else
     setPluginPath( ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) + "/" + QString( QGIS_PLUGIN_SUBDIR ) );
+#endif
     setPkgDataPath( ABISYM( mBuildSourcePath ) ); // directly source path - used for: doc, resources, svg
     ABISYM( mLibraryPath ) = ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) + "/" + QGIS_LIB_SUBDIR + "/";
     ABISYM( mLibexecPath ) = ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath ) + "/" + QGIS_LIBEXEC_SUBDIR + "/";
diff --git a/src/core/qgsapplication.h b/src/core/qgsapplication.h
index d8e7ca733387..38feef24bb52 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsapplication.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsapplication.h
@@ -222,6 +222,9 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsApplication: public QApplication
     /** Indicates whether running from build directory (not installed)
        @note added in 2.0 */
     static bool isRunningFromBuildDir() { return ABISYM( mRunningFromBuildDir ); }
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    static QString cfgIntDir() { return ABISYM( mCfgIntDir ); }
+#endif
     /** Returns path to the source directory. Valid only when running from build directory
         @note added in 2.0 */
     static QString buildSourcePath() { return ABISYM( mBuildSourcePath ); }
@@ -277,6 +280,10 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsApplication: public QApplication
     static bool ABISYM( mRunningFromBuildDir );
     /** path to the source directory. valid only when running from build directory. */
     static QString ABISYM( mBuildSourcePath );
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    /** configuration internal dir */
+    static QString ABISYM( mCfgIntDir );
+#endif
     /** path to the output directory of the build. valid only when running from build directory */
     static QString ABISYM( mBuildOutputPath );
     /** List of gdal drivers to be skipped. Uses GDAL_SKIP to exclude them.
diff --git a/src/core/qgsrasterdataprovider.h b/src/core/qgsrasterdataprovider.h
index 6fddd04cdba0..4c6abe7636f0 100644
--- a/src/core/qgsrasterdataprovider.h
+++ b/src/core/qgsrasterdataprovider.h
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ class CORE_EXPORT QgsRasterDataProvider : public QgsDataProvider
     QString  generateBandName( int theBandNumber )
     {
       return tr( "Band" ) + QString( " %1" ) .arg( theBandNumber,  1 + ( int ) log10(( float ) bandCount() ), 10, QChar( '0' ) );
-    };
+    }
 
     /**
      * Get metadata in a format suitable for feeding directly