diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 14a59d3..10c919f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+2019-01-27  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
+	Update support for building with MSVC. Automake does not install ar-lib.
+	* autogen.sh: Fetch build-aux/ar-lib here.
+	* Makefile.devel (srclib/Makefile.in): Don't fetch build-aux/ar-lib
+	here.
+	* Makefile.in (AUTOMAKE_IMPORTED_FILES): Remove build-aux/ar-lib.
+	(IMPORTED_FILES): Add build-aux/ar-lib.
+
 2019-01-06  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
 	Revisit handling of file descriptors closed by the parent process.
diff --git a/Makefile.devel b/Makefile.devel
index 6d534ac..c23cde9 100644
--- a/Makefile.devel
+++ b/Makefile.devel
@@ -72,11 +72,10 @@
 
 srclib/Makefile.in : srclib/Makefile.am srclib/Makefile.gnulib aclocal.m4
 	if test -n "$$GNULIB_TOOL"; then \
-	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/ar-lib; \
 	  $$GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/compile; \
 	fi
 # Make sure we get new versions of files brought in by automake.
-	(cd build-aux && rm -f ar-lib compile depcomp install-sh mdate-sh missing test-driver)
+	(cd build-aux && rm -f compile depcomp install-sh mdate-sh missing test-driver)
 	$(AUTOMAKE) --gnits --add-missing --copy srclib/Makefile && rm -rf autom4te.cache
 
 gnulib-imported-files : force
diff --git a/Makefile.in b/Makefile.in
index b486848..a59627d 100644
--- a/Makefile.in
+++ b/Makefile.in
@@ -184,7 +184,6 @@
 AUTOMAKE_OLD_IMPORTED_FILES = \
   build-aux/mkinstalldirs
 AUTOMAKE_IMPORTED_FILES = \
-  build-aux/ar-lib \
   build-aux/compile \
   build-aux/install-sh \
   build-aux/missing
@@ -203,6 +202,7 @@
 IMPORTED_FILES = \
   COPYING COPYING.LIB \
   ABOUT-NLS INSTALL.generic \
+  build-aux/ar-lib \
   $(LIBTOOL_IMPORTED_FILES) $(AUTOMAKE_OLD_IMPORTED_FILES) $(AUTOMAKE_IMPORTED_FILES) $(GNULIB_IMPORTED_FILES)
 # List of distributed files generated by autotools or Makefile.devel.
 GENERATED_FILES = \
diff --git a/autogen.sh b/autogen.sh
index 5f3dcd9..e1844c7 100755
--- a/autogen.sh
+++ b/autogen.sh
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@
   fi
   # Skip the gnulib-tool step if gnulib-tool was not found.
   if test -n "$GNULIB_TOOL"; then
+    $GNULIB_TOOL --copy-file build-aux/ar-lib || exit $?
+    chmod a+x build-aux/ar-lib || exit $?
     make -f Makefile.devel \
          gnulib-clean srclib/Makefile.gnulib gnulib-imported-files \
          GNULIB_TOOL="$GNULIB_TOOL"