diff --git a/mea.pro b/mea.pro
index f256eebb..93fe1b82 100644
--- a/mea.pro
+++ b/mea.pro
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ mea.depends = libnymea-common
 wininstaller.depends = mea
 wininstaller.commands += rmdir /S /Q packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data & mkdir packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data &&
 wininstaller.commands += copy mea\release\mea.exe packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data\ &&
-wininstaller.commands += windeployqt --qmldir mea\ui packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data\ &&
+wininstaller.commands += windeployqt --compiler-runtime --qmldir mea\ui packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data\ &&
 BR=$$BRANDING
 equals(BR, "") {
     wininstaller.commands += copy packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\logo-guh.ico packaging\windows\packages\io.guh.mea\data\logo.ico &&
diff --git a/packaging/windows/packages/io.guh.mea/meta/installscript.qs b/packaging/windows/packages/io.guh.mea/meta/installscript.qs
index 1c31699d..072d9e16 100644
--- a/packaging/windows/packages/io.guh.mea/meta/installscript.qs
+++ b/packaging/windows/packages/io.guh.mea/meta/installscript.qs
@@ -18,5 +18,7 @@ Component.prototype.createOperations = function()
         component.addOperation("CreateShortcut", "@TargetDir@/mea.exe", "@StartMenuDir@/Mea.lnk",
             "workingDirectory=@TargetDir@", "iconPath=@TargetDir@/logo.ico",
             "description=mea - The nymea frontend");
+
+        component.addOperation("Execute", "@TargetDir@/vc_redist.x64.exe", "/quiet", "/norestart");
     }
 }