diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
index ceb466b62..209c9770f 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/backends.py
@@ -387,6 +387,16 @@ class Backend():
                 final_args.append(a)
         return final_args
 
+    def get_custom_target_provided_libraries(self, target):
+        libs = []
+        for t in target.get_generated_sources():
+            if not isinstance(t, build.CustomTarget):
+                continue
+            for f in t.output:
+                if self.environment.is_library(f):
+                    libs.append(os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(t), f))
+        return libs
+
     def eval_custom_target_command(self, target, absolute_paths=False):
         if not absolute_paths:
             ofilenames = [os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(target), i) for i in target.output]
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
index 201b2d14e..1c9196def 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/ninjabackend.py
@@ -1704,16 +1704,6 @@ rule FORTRAN_DEP_HACK
         elem.add_item('LINK_ARGS', commands)
         return elem
 
-    def get_custom_target_provided_libraries(self, target):
-        libs = []
-        for t in target.get_generated_sources():
-            if not isinstance(t, build.CustomTarget):
-                continue
-            for f in t.output:
-                if self.environment.is_library(f):
-                    libs.append(os.path.join(self.get_target_dir(t), f))
-        return libs
-
     def determine_rpath_dirs(self, target):
         link_deps = target.get_all_link_deps()
         result = []
diff --git a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
index 6df29f2b4..5df2e11af 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/backend/vs2010backend.py
@@ -264,6 +264,8 @@ class Vs2010Backend(backends.Backend):
                 lang = self.lang_from_source_file(i)
                 if lang not in languages:
                     languages.append(lang)
+            elif self.environment.is_library(i):
+                pass
             else:
                 # Everything that is not an object or source file is considered a header.
                 headers.append(i)
@@ -565,6 +567,8 @@ class Vs2010Backend(backends.Backend):
             rel_path = self.relpath(lobj.subdir, target.subdir)
             linkname = os.path.join(rel_path, lobj.get_import_filename())
             additional_links.append(linkname)
+        for lib in self.get_custom_target_provided_libraries(target):
+            additional_links.append(self.relpath(lib, self.get_target_dir(target)))
         additional_objects = []
         for o in self.flatten_object_list(target, down):
             assert(isinstance(o, str))