diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index b7812fa009..159fe3b814 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -704,6 +704,8 @@ static char *(features[]) =
 
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
+/**/
+    530,
 /**/
     529,
 /**/
diff --git a/src/xxd/Make_mvc.mak b/src/xxd/Make_mvc.mak
index 0133d73115..2361ab3d54 100644
--- a/src/xxd/Make_mvc.mak
+++ b/src/xxd/Make_mvc.mak
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ SUBSYSTEM = $(SUBSYSTEM),$(SUBSYSTEM_VER)
 xxd: xxd.exe
 
 xxd.exe: xxd.c
-	cl /nologo -DWIN32 xxd.c -link -subsystem:$(SUBSYSTEM)
+	cl /nologo /source-charset:utf-8 -DWIN32 xxd.c -link -subsystem:$(SUBSYSTEM)
 
 # This was for an older compiler
 #    cl /nologo -DWIN32 xxd.c /link setargv.obj