Index: versioninfo.py
===================================================================
--- versioninfo.py	(revision 35084)
+++ versioninfo.py	(working copy)
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@
         f.close()
 
         if data.startswith('8'):
+            data = map(str.splitlines, data.split('\n\x0c\n'))
             del data[0] # get rid of the '8'
-            data = map(str.splitlines, data.split('\n\x0c\n'))
             dirurl = data[0][3]
             localrev = max([int(d[9]) for d in data if len(d)>9 and d[9]])
         elif data.startswith('<?xml'):
Index: setupinfo.py
===================================================================
--- setupinfo.py	(revision 35084)
+++ setupinfo.py	(working copy)
@@ -12,6 +12,17 @@
     ("objectify",   "lxml.objectify")
     ]
 
+
+env_map = {'win32':{'INCLUDE': 'INCLUDE',
+                    'LIBRARY': 'LIB',
+                    'CFLAGS' : 'CFLAGS'},
+           }
+
+def env_var(name):
+    _map = env_map.get(sys.platform, {})
+    value = os.getenv(_map.get(name), '')
+    return value.split(os.pathsep)
+
 def ext_modules(static_include_dirs, static_library_dirs, static_cflags): 
     if PYREX_INSTALLED:
         source_extension = ".pyx"
@@ -24,6 +35,7 @@
     _library_dirs = library_dirs(static_library_dirs)
     _cflags = cflags(static_cflags)
     _define_macros = define_macros()
+    _libraries = libraries()
 
     if OPTION_AUTO_RPATH:
         runtime_library_dirs = _library_dirs
@@ -41,7 +53,7 @@
             include_dirs = _include_dirs,
             library_dirs = _library_dirs,
             runtime_library_dirs = runtime_library_dirs,
-            libraries=['xslt', 'exslt', 'xml2', 'z', 'm'],
+            libraries = _libraries,
             ))
     return result
 
@@ -51,8 +63,22 @@
         result['cmdclass'] = {'build_ext': build_pyx}
     return result
 
+def libraries():
+    if sys.platform in ('win32',):
+        libs = ['libxslt', 'libexslt', 'libxml2', 'iconv']
+    else:
+        libs = ['xslt', 'exslt', 'xml2', 'z', 'm'],
+    if OPTION_STATIC:
+        if sys.platform in ('win32',):
+            libs = ['%s_a' % lib for lib in libs]
+    if sys.platform in ('win32',):
+        libs.extend(['zlib', 'WS2_32'])
+    return libs
+
 def library_dirs(static_library_dirs):
     if OPTION_STATIC:
+        if not static_library_dirs:
+            static_library_dirs = env_var('LIBRARY')
         assert static_library_dirs, "Static build not configured, see doc/build.txt"
         return static_library_dirs
     # filter them from xslt-config --libs
@@ -65,6 +91,8 @@
 
 def include_dirs(static_include_dirs):
     if OPTION_STATIC:
+        if not static_include_dirs:
+            static_include_dirs = env_var('INCLUDE')
         assert static_include_dirs, "Static build not configured, see doc/build.txt"
         return static_include_dirs
     # filter them from xslt-config --cflags
@@ -81,6 +109,8 @@
         result.append('-g2')
 
     if OPTION_STATIC:
+        if not static_cflags:
+            static_cflags = env_var('CFLAGS')
         assert static_cflags, "Static build not configured, see doc/build.txt"
         result.extend(static_cflags)
         return result