diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 513f97b408304df1895aaa686df4d0c4c71fd773..29e0519dfe8dac35aeade3bb4c1580b5900196e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *~
 /target
 /local.conf
+pEpEngineSequoiaBackendProject.vcxproj.user
+x64
diff --git a/build-win64/pEpEngineSequoiaBackendProject.vcxproj b/build-win64/pEpEngineSequoiaBackendProject.vcxproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..eb4c99cc2607f441b9346d4e06dbc4f37a029018
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-win64/pEpEngineSequoiaBackendProject.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="..\NMakefile" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <VCProjectVersion>17.0</VCProjectVersion>
+    <ProjectGuid>{C0052FAC-9409-4CE4-B4FF-F98EDCDB244B}</ProjectGuid>
+    <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Makefile</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <PlatformToolset>v143</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="Shared">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets" Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile /e DEBUG=debug</NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+    <NMakeOutput>$(ProjectPath)..\target\debug\pep_engine_sequoia_backend.dll</NMakeOutput>
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile clean</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+    <NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG;$(NMakePreprocessorDefinitions)</NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>
+    <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile /e DEBUG=debug clean build</NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
+    <NMakeBuildCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile</NMakeBuildCommandLine>
+    <NMakeOutput>$(ProjectDir)..\target\release\pep_engine_sequoia_backend.dll</NMakeOutput>
+    <NMakeCleanCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile clean</NMakeCleanCommandLine>
+    <NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG;$(NMakePreprocessorDefinitions)</NMakePreprocessorDefinitions>
+    <NMakeReBuildCommandLine>cd .. &amp;&amp; nmake /f NMakefile clean build</NMakeReBuildCommandLine>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  </ItemDefinitionGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
+  </ImportGroup>
+</Project>
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