diff --git a/libretro-build-msvc2008_x86.sh b/libretro-build-msvc2008_x86.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4b1d3d64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libretro-build-msvc2008_x86.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#! /usr/bin/env bash
+# vim: set ts=3 sw=3 noet ft=sh : bash
+
+SCRIPT="${0#./}"
+BASE_DIR="${SCRIPT%/*}"
+WORKDIR="$PWD"
+
+if [ "$BASE_DIR" = "$SCRIPT" ]; then
+	BASE_DIR="$WORKDIR"
+else
+	if [[ "$0" != /* ]]; then
+		# Make the path absolute
+		BASE_DIR="$WORKDIR/$BASE_DIR"
+	fi
+fi
+
+platform=msvc2008_x86 ${BASE_DIR}/libretro-build.sh $@
diff --git a/libretro-config.sh b/libretro-config.sh
index 8152725f..588edcc0 100755
--- a/libretro-config.sh
+++ b/libretro-config.sh
@@ -703,6 +703,16 @@ case "$platform" in
 					CXX="cl.exe"
 					CXX11="cl.exe"
 					;;
+				msvc2008_x86)
+					platform=windows_msvc2008_x86
+					FORMAT_EXT="dll"
+					BINARY_EXT=".exe"
+					FORMAT_COMPILER_TARGET="windows_msvc2008_x86"
+					DIST_DIR="msvc2008_x86"
+					CC="cl.exe"
+					CXX="cl.exe"
+					CXX11="cl.exe"
+					;;
 				msvc2010_x86)
 					platform=windows_msvc2010_x86
 					FORMAT_EXT="dll"