diff --git a/PC/winsound.c b/PC/winsound.c
index 21f1f013e43..bdc8b4c9cef 100644
--- a/PC/winsound.c
+++ b/PC/winsound.c
@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ PyDoc_STRVAR(sound_beep_doc,
 "code doing direct port manipulation is used; it's unknown whether that\n"
 "will work on all systems.");
 
+PyDoc_STRVAR(sound_msgbeep_doc,
+"MessageBeep(x) - call Windows MessageBeep(x). x defaults to MB_OK.");
+
 PyDoc_STRVAR(sound_module_doc,
 "PlaySound(sound, flags) - play a sound\n"
 "SND_FILENAME - sound is a wav file name\n"
@@ -173,10 +176,22 @@ sound_beep(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 	return Py_None;
 }
 
+static PyObject *
+sound_msgbeep(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
+{
+	int x = MB_OK;
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|i:MessageBeep", &x))
+		return NULL;
+	MessageBeep(x);
+	Py_INCREF(Py_None);
+	return Py_None;
+}
+
 static struct PyMethodDef sound_methods[] =
 {
     {"PlaySound", sound_playsound, METH_VARARGS, sound_playsound_doc},
     {"Beep",      sound_beep,      METH_VARARGS, sound_beep_doc},
+    {"MessageBeep", sound_msgbeep, METH_VARARGS, sound_msgbeep_doc},
     {NULL,  NULL}
 };
 
@@ -216,6 +231,12 @@ initwinsound(void)
 	ADD_DEFINE(SND_LOOP);
 	ADD_DEFINE(SND_APPLICATION);
 
+	ADD_DEFINE(MB_OK);
+	ADD_DEFINE(MB_ICONASTERISK);
+	ADD_DEFINE(MB_ICONEXCLAMATION);
+	ADD_DEFINE(MB_ICONHAND);
+	ADD_DEFINE(MB_ICONQUESTION);
+
 	version.dwOSVersionInfoSize = sizeof(OSVERSIONINFO);
 	GetVersionEx(&version);
 	whichOS = Win9X;
diff --git a/PCbuild/winsound.dsp b/PCbuild/winsound.dsp
index 892a9692fb1..04a9e59cd37 100644
--- a/PCbuild/winsound.dsp
+++ b/PCbuild/winsound.dsp
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /machine:I386
-# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib winmm.lib /nologo /base:"0x1D160000" /dll /machine:I386 /out:"./winsound.pyd"
+# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib winmm.lib user32.lib /nologo /base:"0x1D160000" /dll /machine:I386 /out:"./winsound.pyd"
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none
 
 !ELSEIF  "$(CFG)" == "winsound - Win32 Debug"
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ BSC32=bscmake.exe
 # ADD BSC32 /nologo
 LINK32=link.exe
 # ADD BASE LINK32 kernel32.lib user32.lib gdi32.lib winspool.lib comdlg32.lib advapi32.lib shell32.lib ole32.lib oleaut32.lib uuid.lib odbc32.lib odbccp32.lib /nologo /dll /debug /machine:I386 /pdbtype:sept
-# ADD LINK32 kernel32.lib winmm.lib /nologo /base:"0x1D160000" /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./winsound_d.pyd" /pdbtype:sept
+# ADD LINK32 user32.lib kernel32.lib winmm.lib /nologo /base:"0x1D160000" /dll /debug /machine:I386 /out:"./winsound_d.pyd" /pdbtype:sept
 # SUBTRACT LINK32 /pdb:none
 
 !ENDIF