diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 60559b52..1009e079 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1523,9 +1523,9 @@ def copyWxDlls(options):
             dlls += glob.glob(os.path.join(cairo_root, arch, 'bin', '*.dll'))
 
         # For Python 3.5 and 3.6 builds we also need to copy some VC14 redist DLLs.
-        # NOTE: Do it for 3.7 too for now. But when we fully switch over to VS 2017
+        # NOTE: Do it for 3.7+ too for now. But when we fully switch over to VS 2017
         # this may need to change. See notes in wscript about it.
-        if PYVER in ['3.5', '3.6', '3.7']:
+        if PYVER in ['3.5', '3.6', '3.7', '3.8']:
             redist_dir = os.path.join(
                 phoenixDir(), 'packaging', 'Py3.5', 'vcredist',
                 arch, 'Microsoft.VC140.CRT', '*.dll')
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 7bc8d19e..983fcc83 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def configure(conf):
             # On the other hand, microsoft says that v141 and v140 (Visual
             # Studio 2015) are binary compatible, so for now let's just drop
             # it back to "14.0" until I get all the details worked out for
-            # using VS 2017 everywhere for Python 3.7.
+            # using VS 2017 everywhere for Python 3.7+.
             msvc_version = '14.0'
 
         # In some cases (Azure DevOps at least) we're getting "14.1" for Python