diff --git a/reference/wincache/book.xml b/reference/wincache/book.xml
index ea8c93b60c..fe7769eb28 100644
--- a/reference/wincache/book.xml
+++ b/reference/wincache/book.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@
  &reference.wincache.setup;
  &reference.wincache.constants;
  &reference.wincache.reference;
+ &reference.wincache.win32build;
 
 </book>
 
diff --git a/reference/wincache/win32build.xml b/reference/wincache/win32build.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d6d96cfee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/reference/wincache/win32build.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!-- $Revision: 1 $ -->
+<appendix xml:id="wincache.win32build" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+ <title>Building for Windows</title>
+  <section xml:id="wincache.win32build.prereq">
+   <title>Prerequisites</title>
+   <para>
+    Building WinCache extension will require:
+   </para>
+   <orderedlist spacing="compact">
+    <listitem>
+     <simpara>PHP source code</simpara>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+     <simpara>PHP build environment</simpara>
+    </listitem>
+    <listitem>
+     <simpara>WinCache source code</simpara>
+    </listitem>
+   </orderedlist>
+   <para>
+    For completing first two steps, follow the step-by-step guide for how 
+    to <link xlink:href="&url.php.win.build;">build PHP on Windows</link>.
+   </para>
+   <para>
+    For getting the WinCache source code follow the instructions described in 
+    <link linkend="install.pecl.downloads">Downloading PECL extensions</link>.
+   </para>
+  </section>
+  <section xml:id="wincache.win32build.building">
+   <title>Compiling and building</title>
+   <para>
+    The following steps describe how to compile and build WinCache on Windows OS:
+   </para>
+   <procedure>
+    <step>
+     <simpara>Open a command prompt which is used to build PHP</simpara>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <simpara>Go to the root folder where PHP sources are present</simpara>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <para>
+      Run the command:
+      <programlisting role="cmd">
+<![CDATA[
+cscript.exe win32\build\buildconf.js
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </para>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <para>
+      Run the command:
+      <programlisting role="cmd">
+<![CDATA[
+configure.bat --help
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+      The output will contain a new flag <literal>--enable-wincache</literal>.
+     </para>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <para>
+      Run the command:
+      <programlisting role="cmd">
+<![CDATA[
+configure.js [all options used to build PHP] --enable-wincache
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+      <literal>--enable-wincache</literal> is the only extra option which is 
+      required to ensure that WinCache extension gets built properly. 
+      This option will build WinCache and will statically link it with PHP dll. 
+      To build WinCache extension as a stand-alone DLL use the option 
+      <literal>--enable-wincache=shared</literal>.
+     </para>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <para>
+      Run the command:
+      <programlisting role="cmd">
+<![CDATA[
+nmake
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+     </para>
+    </step>
+   </procedure>
+  </section>
+  <section xml:id="wincache.win32build.verify">
+   <title>Verifying the build</title>
+   <para>
+    The following steps describe how to verify that WinCache has been built correctly:
+   </para>
+   <procedure>
+    <step>
+     <simpara>
+      Go to the folder where the PHP binaries are built
+     </simpara>
+    </step>
+    <step>
+     <para>
+      Run the command:
+      <programlisting role="cmd">
+<![CDATA[
+php.exe -n -d extension=php_wincache.dll -re wincache
+]]>
+      </programlisting>
+      If WinCache has been built properly, the output of this command will
+      list the INI directives and functions supported by WinCache.
+     </para>
+    </step>
+   </procedure>
+  </section>
+</appendix>
+
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