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diff --git a/win32/Makefile b/win32/Makefile
index 301b804e9b..b3c6e5677f 100644
--- a/win32/Makefile
+++ b/win32/Makefile
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ INST_ARCH = \$(ARCHNAME)
#
# uncomment to enable the implicit "host" layer for all system calls
# made by perl. This is needed and auto-enabled by USE_OBJECT above.
+# This is also needed to get fork().
#
#USE_IMP_SYS = define
@@ -93,7 +94,7 @@ INST_ARCH = \$(ARCHNAME)
#
# uncomment to enable use of PerlCRT.DLL when using the Visual C compiler.
-# Highly recommended. It has patches that fix known bugs in MSVCRT.DLL.
+# It has patches that fix known bugs in older versions of MSVCRT.DLL.
# This currently requires VC 5.0 with Service Pack 3 or later.
# Get it from CPAN at http://www.perl.com/CPAN/authors/id/D/DO/DOUGL/
# and follow the directions in the package to install.
@@ -161,7 +162,11 @@ CCLIBDIR = $(CCHOME)\lib
#
#BUILDOPT = $(BUILDOPT) -DPERL_EXTERNAL_GLOB
-# Enabling this runs a cloned toplevel interpreter (fails tests)
+# Enabling this causes perl to do its own CR/LF conversions, and is required
+# if you want to be able to use the bytecode compiler and ByteLoader
+BUILDOPT = $(BUILDOPT) -DUSE_BINMODE_SCRIPTS
+
+# Enabling this runs a cloned toplevel interpreter (*EXPERIMENTAL*, fails tests)
#BUILDOPT = $(BUILDOPT) -DTOP_CLONE
# specify semicolon-separated list of extra directories that modules will