diff --git a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
index 9dc1168..90a23f7 100644
--- a/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
+++ b/source/dub/generators/visuald.d
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@
 				string linkLibs = join(map!(a => a~".lib")(getSettings!"libs"()), " ");
 				string addLinkFiles = join(getSettings!"sourceFiles"().filter!(s => s.endsWith(".lib"))(), " ");
 				ret.formattedWrite("
-    <libfiles>%s</libfiles>", linkLibs ~ " " ~ addLinkFiles);
+    <libfiles>%s %s phobos.lib</libfiles>", linkLibs, addLinkFiles);
 
 				// Unittests
 				ret.formattedWrite("