diff --git a/lib/NTMakefile b/lib/NTMakefile
index 4bdc2c46a..a5527e636 100644
--- a/lib/NTMakefile
+++ b/lib/NTMakefile
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ dir_hcrypto = hcrypto
 
 SUBDIRS = roken vers editline com_err sl wind asn1 sqlite \
 	$(dir_hcrypto) hx509 krb5 heimdal ntlm kafs gssapi hdb \
-	kadm5 auth $(dir_45) $(dir_otp) $(dir_dce)
+	kadm5 auth $(dir_45) $(dir_otp) $(dir_dce) ..\packages\windows\assembly
 
 !include ../windows/NTMakefile.w32
 
diff --git a/packages/windows/NTMakefile b/packages/windows/NTMakefile
index d4ed8d2d5..cb2fec6d8 100644
--- a/packages/windows/NTMakefile
+++ b/packages/windows/NTMakefile
@@ -30,7 +30,9 @@
 #
 
 RELDIR=packages\windows
-SUBDIRS=assembly
+SUBDIRS=kfw_shim
 
 !include ../../windows/NTMakefile.w32
 
+# Note: the assembly directory is built as a child of the \lib
+# directory since the application manifest is required at that point.