diff --git a/openrct2.common.props b/openrct2.common.props
index 650b17347d..49e0395b7c 100644
--- a/openrct2.common.props
+++ b/openrct2.common.props
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies>wininet.lib;imm32.lib;version.lib;winmm.lib;crypt32.lib;wldap32.lib;shlwapi.lib;setupapi.lib;bcrypt.lib;winhttp.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
+      <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32' or '$(Platform)'=='x64'">libfribidi.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>
       <AdditionalOptions>/OPT:NOLBR /ignore:4099 %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
diff --git a/openrct2.proj b/openrct2.proj
index 8b65bbe2ce..344a5815fd 100644
--- a/openrct2.proj
+++ b/openrct2.proj
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(OPENRCT2_SHA1_SHORT)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_COMMIT_SHA1_SHORT=\"$(OPENRCT2_SHA1_SHORT)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(OPENRCT2_DESCRIBE)'!=''">/D "OPENRCT2_VERSION_TAG=\"$(OPENRCT2_DESCRIBE)\"" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
     <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">/D "USE_BREAKPAD" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
-    <OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32' || '$(Platform)'=='x64'">/D "USE_FRIBIDI" $(OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS)</OPENRCT2_CL_ADDITIONALOPTIONS>
 
     <RootDir>$(MsBuildThisFileDirectory)</RootDir>
     <TargetDir>$(RootDir)bin\</TargetDir>
diff --git a/src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.FriBidi.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/RTL.FriBidi.cpp
similarity index 96%
rename from src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.FriBidi.cpp
rename to src/openrct2/core/RTL.FriBidi.cpp
index 133cc09323..a04932b543 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.FriBidi.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/core/RTL.FriBidi.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static constexpr const uint16_t BufferLength = 1024;
 std::string FixRTL(std::string& input)
 {
     FriBidiChar utf32String[BufferLength] = { 0 };
-    FriBidiStrIndex len = input.length() + 1;
+    auto len = static_cast<FriBidiStrIndex>(input.length() + 1);
     fribidi_charset_to_unicode(FRIBIDI_CHAR_SET_UTF8, input.c_str(), len, utf32String);
 
     FriBidiStrIndex utf32len = 0;
diff --git a/src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.ICU.cpp b/src/openrct2/core/RTL.ICU.cpp
similarity index 100%
rename from src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.ICU.cpp
rename to src/openrct2/core/RTL.ICU.cpp
diff --git a/src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.h b/src/openrct2/core/RTL.h
similarity index 100%
rename from src/openrct2/localisation/RTL.h
rename to src/openrct2/core/RTL.h
diff --git a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
index 29c589ab8f..2a36a0f165 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
+++ b/src/openrct2/libopenrct2.vcxproj
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <ClCompile>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions>__ENABLE_DISCORD__;__ENABLE_LIGHTFX__;USE_BENCHMARK;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Breakpad)'=='true'">USE_BREAKPAD;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32' || '$(Platform)'=='x64'">USE_FRIBIDI;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32' or '$(Platform)'=='x64'">USE_FRIBIDI;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="core\Numerics.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\Path.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\Random.hpp" />
+    <ClInclude Include="core\RTL.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\String.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\StringBuilder.hpp" />
     <ClInclude Include="core\StringReader.hpp" />
@@ -494,6 +495,8 @@
     <ClCompile Include="core\Json.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="core\MemoryStream.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="core\Path.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="core\RTL.FriBidi.cpp" />
+    <ClCompile Include="core\RTL.ICU.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="core\String.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="core\Zip.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="core\ZipAndroid.cpp" />
diff --git a/src/openrct2/localisation/LanguagePack.cpp b/src/openrct2/localisation/LanguagePack.cpp
index 731c3c36ba..4356266914 100644
--- a/src/openrct2/localisation/LanguagePack.cpp
+++ b/src/openrct2/localisation/LanguagePack.cpp
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@
 #include "../common.h"
 #include "../core/FileStream.hpp"
 #include "../core/Memory.hpp"
+#include "../core/RTL.h"
 #include "../core/String.hpp"
 #include "../core/StringBuilder.hpp"
 #include "../core/StringReader.hpp"
 #include "Language.h"
 #include "Localisation.h"
-#include "RTL.h"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <string>