diff --git a/cmake/externals/bullet/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/bullet/CMakeLists.txt
index efcb2f99bc..71bb6c7a83 100644
--- a/cmake/externals/bullet/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/externals/bullet/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ if (WIN32)
     set(MSBUILD_CONFIGURATION Release)
   endif ()
   
-  find_program(MSBUILD_COMMAND msbuild)
+  find_program(MSBUILD_COMMAND msbuild PATHS "C:/Program Files (x86)/MSBUILD/12.0/Bin")
   
   ExternalProject_Add(
     ${EXTERNAL_NAME}
diff --git a/cmake/externals/qxmpp/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/externals/qxmpp/CMakeLists.txt
index 451ee19be4..f3f92be71e 100644
--- a/cmake/externals/qxmpp/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/externals/qxmpp/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if (ANDROID)
 endif ()
 
 if (WIN32)
-  find_program(PLATFORM_BUILD_COMMAND nmake)
+  find_program(PLATFORM_BUILD_COMMAND nmake PATHS "C:/Program Files (x86)/Microsoft Visual Studio 12.0/VC/bin")
+  
   if (NOT PLATFORM_BUILD_COMMAND)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "You asked CMake to grap QXmpp and build it, but nmake was not found. Please make sure the folder containing nmake.exe is in your PATH.")
   endif ()