diff --git a/distribution/windows/install.nsi b/distribution/windows/install.nsi
index 0607e5c3d6..92a919333f 100644
--- a/distribution/windows/install.nsi
+++ b/distribution/windows/install.nsi
@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ Section "!OpenRCT2" Section1
 
     ; Copy executable
     File /oname=${OPENRCT2_EXE} ${BINARY_DIR}\${OPENRCT2_EXE}
+    File /oname=openrct2.com ${BINARY_DIR}\openrct2.com
+    File /oname=openrct2.dll ${BINARY_DIR}\openrct2.dll
 
     ; Create the Registry Entries
     WriteRegStr HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall\OpenRCT2" "Comments" "Visit ${APPURLLINK}"
@@ -218,6 +220,8 @@ Section "Uninstall"
     Delete "$INSTDIR\readme.txt"
     Delete "$INSTDIR\contributors.md"
     Delete "$INSTDIR\${OPENRCT2_EXE}"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\openrct2.com"
+    Delete "$INSTDIR\openrct2.dll"
     Delete "$INSTDIR\INSTALL.LOG"
 
     ; Data files
diff --git a/openrct2.proj b/openrct2.proj
index 17be4373d3..d676a7a86a 100644
--- a/openrct2.proj
+++ b/openrct2.proj
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@
     <NsisScript>$(DistDir)windows\install.nsi</NsisScript>
 
     <OutputExe>$(TargetDir)openrct2.exe</OutputExe>
+    <OutputCom>$(TargetDir)openrct2.com</OutputCom>
+    <OutputDll>$(TargetDir)openrct2.dll</OutputDll>
     <g2Output>$(TargetDir)data\g2.dat</g2Output>
 
     <SignCertificate Condition="'$(SignCertificate)'==''">$(DistDir)windows\code-sign-key-openrct2.org.pfx</SignCertificate>
@@ -75,15 +77,21 @@
   <ItemGroup>
     <g2Inputs Include="$(RootDir)resources\g2\*" />
     <SignItems Include="$(OutputExe)" />
+    <SignItems Include="$(OutputDll)" />
+    <SignItems Include="$(OutputCom)" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Symbol Items">
     <SymbolItems Include="$(OutputExe)" />
+    <SymbolItems Include="$(OutputCom)" />
+    <SymbolItems Include="$(OutputDll)" />
     <SymbolItems Include="$([System.IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($(OutputExe), '.pdb'))" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup Label="Publish Items">
     <PublishItems Include="$(OutputExe)" />
+    <PublishItems Include="$(OutputCom)" />
+    <PublishItems Include="$(OutputDll)" />
     <PublishItems Include="$(TargetDir)data" />
     <PublishItems Include="$(DistDir)changelog.txt" />
     <PublishItems Include="$(DistDir)known_issues.txt" />
@@ -137,6 +145,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <CleanItems Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'" Include="$(OutputExe)" />
+      <CleanItems Include="$(OutputCom)" />
       <CleanItems Include="$(g2Output)" />
       <CleanItems Include="$(ArtifactsDir)openrct2-installer-$(Configuration)-$(Platform)*.exe" />
       <CleanItems Include="$(ArtifactsDir)openrct2-portable-$(Configuration)-$(Platform)*.zip" />
@@ -204,6 +213,14 @@
           StandardOutputImportance="low" />
   </Target>
 
+  <!-- Target to create openrct2.exe (windows) and openrct2.com (console) -->
+  <Target Name="CreateGUI" DependsOnTargets="Build" AfterTargets="Build" Inputs="$(OutputExe)" Outputs="$(OutputCom)">
+    <Copy SourceFiles="$(OutputExe)" DestinationFiles="$(OutputCom)" />
+    <Exec Command="printf '\x02' | dd of=$(OutputExe) seek=372 bs=1 conv=notrunc count=1"
+          StandardOutputImportance="low"
+          StandardErrorImportance="low" />
+  </Target>
+
   <!-- Target to download the title sequences -->
   <Target Name="DownloadTitleSequences" AfterTargets="Build">
     <DownloadDependency Name="TitleSequences"