diff --git a/build/README.md b/build/README.md
index c4abe9efd..23f92cef1 100644
--- a/build/README.md
+++ b/build/README.md
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ Projects for various integrated development environments (IDE)
 
 The following projects are included with the zstd distribution:
 - `cmake` - CMake project contributed by Artyom Dymchenko
-- `VS2005` - Visual Studio 2005 project
+- `VS2005` - Visual Studio 2005 Project (this project has been moved to the contrib directory and will no longer be supported)
 - `VS2008` - Visual Studio 2008 project
 - `VS2010` - Visual Studio 2010 project (which also works well with Visual Studio 2012, 2013, 2015)
 - `VS_scripts` - command line scripts prepared for Visual Studio compilation without IDE
diff --git a/contrib/VS2005/README.md b/contrib/VS2005/README.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ec1ef68a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/VS2005/README.md
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+## Project Support Notice
+
+The VS2005 Project directory has been moved to the contrib directory in order to indicate that it will no longer be supported.
diff --git a/build/VS2005/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj b/contrib/VS2005/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VS2005/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
rename to contrib/VS2005/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
diff --git a/build/VS2005/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj b/contrib/VS2005/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VS2005/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
rename to contrib/VS2005/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
diff --git a/build/VS2005/zstd.sln b/contrib/VS2005/zstd.sln
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VS2005/zstd.sln
rename to contrib/VS2005/zstd.sln
diff --git a/build/VS2005/zstd/zstd.vcproj b/contrib/VS2005/zstd/zstd.vcproj
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VS2005/zstd/zstd.vcproj
rename to contrib/VS2005/zstd/zstd.vcproj
diff --git a/build/VS2005/zstdlib/zstdlib.vcproj b/contrib/VS2005/zstdlib/zstdlib.vcproj
similarity index 100%
rename from build/VS2005/zstdlib/zstdlib.vcproj
rename to contrib/VS2005/zstdlib/zstdlib.vcproj