diff --git a/build/VS2008/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj b/build/VS2008/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
index a31883acf..c9547dfea 100644
--- a/build/VS2008/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
+++ b/build/VS2008/fullbench/fullbench.vcproj
@@ -396,6 +396,10 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\..\tests\fullbench.c"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\tests\util.c"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\..\lib\compress\zstd_fast.c"
 				>
diff --git a/build/VS2008/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj b/build/VS2008/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
index 4d444caef..a1f5ce07f 100644
--- a/build/VS2008/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
+++ b/build/VS2008/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcproj
@@ -328,6 +328,10 @@
 			Filter="cpp;c;cc;cxx;def;odl;idl;hpj;bat;asm;asmx"
 			UniqueIdentifier="{4FC737F1-C7A5-4376-A066-2A32D752A2FF}"
 			>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\programs\util.c"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\..\programs\datagen.c"
 				>
diff --git a/build/VS2008/zstd/zstd.vcproj b/build/VS2008/zstd/zstd.vcproj
index 595733d2b..263fff5d6 100644
--- a/build/VS2008/zstd/zstd.vcproj
+++ b/build/VS2008/zstd/zstd.vcproj
@@ -518,6 +518,10 @@
 				RelativePath="..\..\..\lib\common\threading.h"
 				>
 			</File>
+			<File
+				RelativePath="..\..\..\programs\util.c"
+				>
+			</File>
 			<File
 				RelativePath="..\..\..\lib\common\xxhash.h"
 				>
diff --git a/build/VS2010/datagen/datagen.vcxproj b/build/VS2010/datagen/datagen.vcxproj
index bd8a213da..a66358a0d 100644
--- a/build/VS2010/datagen/datagen.vcxproj
+++ b/build/VS2010/datagen/datagen.vcxproj
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@
     </Link>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\util.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\datagen.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\tests\datagencli.c" />
   </ItemGroup>
@@ -164,4 +165,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/VS2010/fullbench-dll/fullbench-dll.vcxproj b/build/VS2010/fullbench-dll/fullbench-dll.vcxproj
index 6939d4406..fae4e5c19 100644
--- a/build/VS2010/fullbench-dll/fullbench-dll.vcxproj
+++ b/build/VS2010/fullbench-dll/fullbench-dll.vcxproj
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\common\xxhash.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\util.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\datagen.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\bench.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\tests\fullbench.c" />
@@ -184,4 +185,4 @@
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
\ No newline at end of file
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/VS2010/fullbench/fullbench.vcxproj b/build/VS2010/fullbench/fullbench.vcxproj
index d2276c33d..f42006128 100644
--- a/build/VS2010/fullbench/fullbench.vcxproj
+++ b/build/VS2010/fullbench/fullbench.vcxproj
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\compress\zstd_ldm.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\decompress\huf_decompress.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\decompress\zstd_decompress.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\util.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\datagen.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\bench.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\tests\fullbench.c" />
diff --git a/build/VS2010/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcxproj b/build/VS2010/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcxproj
index 6077cd2c1..946cd33b7 100644
--- a/build/VS2010/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcxproj
+++ b/build/VS2010/fuzzer/fuzzer.vcxproj
@@ -179,6 +179,7 @@
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\dictBuilder\fastcover.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\dictBuilder\divsufsort.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\lib\dictBuilder\zdict.c" />
+    <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\util.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\programs\datagen.c" />
     <ClCompile Include="..\..\..\tests\fuzzer.c" />
   </ItemGroup>
diff --git a/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt b/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
index 221c24811..708d2b27f 100644
--- a/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/build/cmake/programs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ IF (MSVC)
     SET(PlatformDependResources ${MSVC_RESOURCE_DIR}/zstd.rc)
 ENDIF (MSVC)
 
-ADD_EXECUTABLE(zstd ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/bench.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/datagen.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/dibio.c ${PlatformDependResources})
+ADD_EXECUTABLE(zstd ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/util.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/bench.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/datagen.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/dibio.c ${PlatformDependResources})
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zstd libzstd_static)
 IF (CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "(Solaris|SunOS)")
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zstd rt)
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ IF (UNIX)
     INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/zstdcat.1 DESTINATION "${MAN_INSTALL_DIR}")
     INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/unzstd.1 DESTINATION "${MAN_INSTALL_DIR}")
 
-    ADD_EXECUTABLE(zstd-frugal ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c)
+    ADD_EXECUTABLE(zstd-frugal ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/zstdcli.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/util.c ${PROGRAMS_DIR}/fileio.c)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(zstd-frugal libzstd_static)
     SET_PROPERTY(TARGET zstd-frugal APPEND PROPERTY COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "ZSTD_NOBENCH;ZSTD_NODICT")
 ENDIF (UNIX)