diff --git a/scripts/mk_win_dist.py b/scripts/mk_win_dist.py
index e226a275e..10bb5a6ef 100644
--- a/scripts/mk_win_dist.py
+++ b/scripts/mk_win_dist.py
@@ -257,11 +257,21 @@ def cp_vs_runtime(x64):
     else:
         platform = "x86"
     vcdir = os.environ['VCINSTALLDIR']
-    path  = '%sredist\\%s' % (vcdir, platform)
+    path  = '%sredist' % vcdir
     vs_runtime_files = []
+    print("Walking %s" % path)
+    # Everything changes with every release of VS
+    # Prior versions of VS had DLLs under "redist\x64"
+    # There are now several variants of redistributables
+    # The naming convention defies my understanding so 
+    # we use a "check_root" filter to find some hopefully suitable
+    # redistributable.
+    def check_root(root):
+        return platform in root and "CRT" in root and "onecore" not in root and "debug" not in root
     for root, dirs, files in os.walk(path):
         for filename in files:
-            if fnmatch(filename, '*.dll'):
+            if fnmatch(filename, '*.dll') and check_root(root):
+                print("Checking %s %s" % (root, filename))
                 for pat in VS_RUNTIME_PATS:
                     if pat.match(filename):
                         fname = os.path.join(root, filename)