diff --git a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/msvc/vcprojmaker.cpp b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/msvc/vcprojmaker.cpp
index 9b75601b308..79295a40d3d 100644
--- a/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/msvc/vcprojmaker.cpp
+++ b/reactos/tools/rbuild/backend/msvc/vcprojmaker.cpp
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ MSVCBackend::_generate_vcproj ( const Module& module )
 	// don't do the work m_configurations.size() times
 	if (module.importLibrary != NULL)
 	{
-		intermediatedir = intdir + "\\" + module.output->relative_path + vcdir;
+		intermediatedir = module.output->relative_path + vcdir;
 		importLib = _strip_gcc_deffile(module.importLibrary->source->name, module.importLibrary->source->relative_path, intermediatedir);
 	}
 
@@ -848,12 +848,15 @@ MSVCBackend::_generate_vcproj ( const Module& module )
 std::string
 MSVCBackend::_strip_gcc_deffile(std::string Filename, std::string sourcedir, std::string objdir)
 {
-	std::string NewFilename = objdir + "\\" + Filename;
+	std::string NewFilename = Environment::GetIntermediatePath () + "\\" + objdir + "\\" + Filename;
 	// we don't like infinite loops - so replace it in two steps
 	NewFilename = _replace_str(NewFilename, ".def", "_msvc.de");
 	NewFilename = _replace_str(NewFilename, "_msvc.de", "_msvc.def");
 	Filename = sourcedir + "\\" + Filename;
 
+    Directory dir(objdir);
+    dir.GenerateTree(IntermediateDirectory, false);
+
 	std::fstream in_file(Filename.c_str(), std::ios::in);
 	std::fstream out_file(NewFilename.c_str(), std::ios::out);
 	std::string::size_type pos;