diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ff53a6fa..07faf391 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 *.pyc
 *.pyd
 *.pdb
-*.dll
 .waf-*
 .waf3-*
 .lock-waf*
@@ -53,6 +52,7 @@ mydbstub.py*
 /wx/*.dylib
 /wx/libwx_*
 /wx/locale
+/wx/*.dll
 
 /unittests/lib_pubsub_provider_actual.py
 
diff --git a/build.py b/build.py
index 0ea1fc25..b6bf6222 100755
--- a/build.py
+++ b/build.py
@@ -1218,7 +1218,7 @@ def copyWxDlls(options):
         return 
     
     if isWindows:
-        # Copy the wxWidgets DLLs to the wxPython pacakge folder
+        # Copy the wxWidgets DLLs to the wxPython package folder
         msw = getMSWSettings(options)
         cfg = Config()
 
@@ -1236,6 +1236,14 @@ def copyWxDlls(options):
         if options.cairo:
             dlls += glob.glob(os.path.join(os.environ['CAIRO_ROOT'], 'bin', '*.dll'))
 
+        # For Python 3.5 builds we also need to copy some VC14 redist DLLs
+        if PYVER == '3.5':
+            arch = 'x64' if PYTHON_ARCH == '64bit' else 'x86'
+            redist_dir = os.path.join(
+                phoenixDir(), 'packaging', 'Py3.5', 'vcredist',
+                arch, 'Microsoft.VC140.CRT', '*.dll')
+            dlls += glob.glob(redist_dir)
+
         for dll in dlls:
             copyIfNewer(dll, posixjoin(phoenixDir(), cfg.PKGDIR, os.path.basename(dll)), verbose=True)
 
diff --git a/ext/wxWidgets b/ext/wxWidgets
index a36e071c..acf70689 160000
--- a/ext/wxWidgets
+++ b/ext/wxWidgets
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit a36e071cd4d63d8d7d03a1d300b619f1db61a409
+Subproject commit acf7068995283aa9e63b59fe9dcb65454893fee7
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