diff --git a/aegisub/build/msbuild/aegisub.props b/aegisub/build/msbuild/aegisub.props
index 5a2d21250..92c2956d2 100644
--- a/aegisub/build/msbuild/aegisub.props
+++ b/aegisub/build/msbuild/aegisub.props
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@
 		<Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)standard-outdirs.props" />
 		<Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)ft2.props" Condition="'$(AegisubUseFreetype)' == 'true'" />
 		<Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)wx.props" Condition="'$(AegisubUseWxWidgets)' == 'true'" />
+		<Import Project="$(MSBuildThisFileDirectory)directx.props" Condition="'$(AegisubUseDSound)' == 'true'" />
 	</ImportGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/aegisub/build/msbuild/directx.props b/aegisub/build/msbuild/directx.props
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..853df7cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aegisub/build/msbuild/directx.props
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<_PropertySheetDisplayName>DirectSound support</_PropertySheetDisplayName>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+
+	<PropertyGroup>
+		<DirectXSDKDir Condition="'$(DirectXSDKDir)'==''">$(DXSDK_DIR)</DirectXSDKDir>
+		<IncludePath>$(DXSDK_DIR)\Include;$(IncludePath)</IncludePath>
+		<LibraryPath Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(DirectXSDKDir)\Lib\x86;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+		<LibraryPath Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'"  >$(DirectXSDKDir)\Lib\x64;$(LibraryPath)</LibraryPath>
+	</PropertyGroup>
+	<ItemDefinitionGroup>
+		<Link>
+			<AdditionalDependencies>dsound.lib;dxguid.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+		</Link>
+	</ItemDefinitionGroup>
+	
+	<Target
+		Name="AegisubCheckDirectXSDK"
+		BeforeTargets="PrepareForBuild"
+		>
+		<Error
+			Condition="'$(DirectXSDKDir)'=='' or !Exists('$(DirectXSDKDir)\Include\dsound.h')"
+			Text="DirectX SDK not found, check that the DXSDK_DIR environment is set. If you do not want to use DirectSound set the AegisubUseDSound property to false in a user config."
+			/>
+	</Target>
+	<ItemGroup>
+		<AegisubCheckDirectXSDK Include="dsound" />
+	</ItemGroup>
+</Project>