diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2479e3d37..1b349fcaa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ svn-revision.h
 svn_revision
 svnmove.txt
 git_version.h
+git_version.xml
 aegisub/tests/data
 aegisub/tests/run
 aegisub/tests/*.json
diff --git a/aegisub/build/version.sh b/aegisub/build/version.sh
index 76d1f5ee0..022124404 100755
--- a/aegisub/build/version.sh
+++ b/aegisub/build/version.sh
@@ -58,3 +58,13 @@ esac
 export BUILD_GIT_VERSION_NUMBER="${git_revision}"
 export BUILD_GIT_VERSION_STRING="${git_version_str}"
 export VERSION_SOURCE="from git"
+
+cat << EOF > build/git_version.xml
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <GitVersionNumber>${git_revision}</GitVersionNumber>
+    <GitVersionString>${git_version_str}</GitVersionString>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
+EOF