diff --git a/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt b/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5bf0aeb7251f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChangeLog.d/bugfix.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Bugfix
+   * Fix the Visual Studio Release x64 build configuration for mbedtls itself.
+     Completes a previous fix in Mbed TLS 2.16 that only fixed the build for
+     the example programs. Reported in #1430 and fix contributed by irwir.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
index 773b58a33185..b0105bdf9605 100644
--- a/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
+++ b/scripts/data_files/vs2010-main-template.vcxproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
     <ProjectGuid>{46CF2D25-6A36-4189-B59C-E4815388E554}</ProjectGuid>
     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
-    <RootNamespace>mbedTLS</RootNamespace>
+    <RootNamespace>mbedTLS</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
     <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>Windows7.1SDK</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN64;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN64;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
diff --git a/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj b/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
index 73c92bda552a..3eeea8ce2016 100644
--- a/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
+++ b/visualc/VS2010/mbedTLS.vcxproj
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
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     <Keyword>Win32Proj</Keyword>
-    <RootNamespace>mbedTLS</RootNamespace>
+    <RootNamespace>mbedTLS</RootNamespace>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'" Label="Configuration">
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@
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     <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
     <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
-    <PlatformToolset>Windows7.1SDK</PlatformToolset>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
@@ -85,7 +84,7 @@
       </PrecompiledHeader>
       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@
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       <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
       <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <CompileAs>CompileAsC</CompileAs>
     </ClCompile>
@@ -117,7 +116,7 @@
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       <FunctionLevelLinking>true</FunctionLevelLinking>
       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
@@ -135,7 +134,7 @@
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       <IntrinsicFunctions>true</IntrinsicFunctions>
-      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN64;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN64;NDEBUG;_WINDOWS;_USRDLL;MBEDTLS_EXPORTS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>../../include</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>