diff --git a/dtool/Config.Win32.pp b/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
index 2ff882be43..32ae7b8c93 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.Win32.pp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #define SYSTEM_IGATE_FLAGS -longlong __int64 -D_X86_ -DWIN32_VC -D"_declspec(param)=" -D"__declspec(param)=" -D_near  -D_far -D__near  -D__far -D_WIN32 -D__stdcall -Dvolatile=
 
 // Additional flags to pass to the Tau instrumentor.
-#define TAU_INSTRUMENTOR_FLAGS -DWIN32_VC -D_WIN32 -D__cdecl= -D__stdcall= -D__fastcall= -D__i386 -D_MSC_VER=1310 -D_W64=  -D_INTEGRAL_MAX_BITS=64 --exceptions --late_tiebreaker --no_class_name_injection --no_warnings --restrict --microsoft --new_for_init
+#define TAU_INSTRUMENTOR_FLAGS -DTAU_USE_C_API -DPROFILING_ON -DWIN32_VC -D_WIN32 -D__cdecl= -D__stdcall= -D__fastcall= -D__i386 -D_MSC_VER=1310 -D_W64=  -D_INTEGRAL_MAX_BITS=64 --exceptions --late_tiebreaker --no_class_name_injection --no_warnings --restrict --microsoft --new_for_init
 
 // Is the platform big-endian (like an SGI workstation) or
 // little-endian (like a PC)?  Define this to the empty string to
diff --git a/dtool/Config.pp b/dtool/Config.pp
index c3fccfb4ca..35d669ad90 100644
--- a/dtool/Config.pp
+++ b/dtool/Config.pp
@@ -643,9 +643,17 @@
 #define HAVE_AUDIO 1
 
 // The Tau profiler provides a multiplatform, thread-aware profiler.
-// To use it, define TAU_MAKEFILE appropriately, define USE_TAU to 1,
-// and rebuild the code with ppremake; make install.
+// To use it, define USE_TAU to 1, and set TAU_MAKEFILE to the
+// filename that contains the Tau-provided Makefile for your platform.
+// Then rebuild the code with ppremake; make install.  Alternatively,
+// instead of setting TAU_MAKEFILE, you can also define TAU_ROOT and
+// PDT_ROOT, to point to the root directory of the tau and pdtoolkit
+// installations, respectively; then the individual Tau components
+// will be invoked directly.  This is especially useful on Windows,
+// where there is no Tau Makefile.
 #define TAU_MAKEFILE
+#define TAU_ROOT
+#define PDT_ROOT
 #define TAU_OPTS -optKeepFiles
 #define TAU_CFLAGS -D_GNU_SOURCE
 #define USE_TAU
diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp b/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
index da4477151f..d5134df6ea 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/Global.gmsvc.pp
@@ -124,9 +124,9 @@
 #defer extra_cflags /EHsc /Zm500 /DWIN32_VC /DWIN32 $[WARNING_LEVEL_FLAG] $[END_CFLAGS]
 
 #if $[direct_tau]
-#define tau_ipath $[ROOT_TAU]/include
+#define tau_ipath $[TAU_ROOT]/include
 #define tau_cflags /DPROFILING_ON /DTAU_STDCXXLIB /DTAU_USE_C_API
-#define tau_lpath $[ROOT_TAU]/lib/VC7
+#define tau_lpath $[TAU_ROOT]/lib/VC7
 #define tau_libs tau-profile.lib
 #else  // direct_tau
 #define tau_ipath
diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/Template.gmsvc.pp b/dtool/pptempl/Template.gmsvc.pp
index 1ac5df14d0..26c288f8c1 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/Template.gmsvc.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/Template.gmsvc.pp
@@ -878,7 +878,7 @@ $[pdb_source] : $[il_source]
 $[TAB] $[TAU_MAKE_PDB]
 
 $[inst_source] : $[pdb_source]
-$[TAB] $[TAU_MAKE_INST] -c
+$[TAB] $[TAU_MAKE_INST] -c++
 
 $[target] : $[inst_source] $[get_depends $[source]]
 #define source $[inst_source]
diff --git a/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp b/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
index dfc9fd391b..a222a0880f 100644
--- a/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
+++ b/dtool/pptempl/compilerSettings.pp
@@ -224,6 +224,6 @@
 #endif
 
 #defer tau_opts $[decygwin %,-I"%",$[EXTRA_INCPATH] $[ipath] $[WIN32_PLATFORMSDK_INCPATH] $[tau_ipath]] $[building_var:%=-D%]
-#defer TAU_MAKE_IL $[ROOT_PDT]/Windows/bin/edgcpfe -o $[il_source] $[tau_opts] $[cdefines:%=-D%] $[TAU_INSTRUMENTOR_FLAGS] $[source]
-#defer TAU_MAKE_PDB $[ROOT_PDT]/Windows/bin/taucpdisp $[il_source] > $[pdb_source]
-#defer TAU_MAKE_INST $[ROOT_TAU]/bin/tau_instrumentor $[pdb_source] $[source] -o $[inst_source]
+#defer TAU_MAKE_IL $[PDT_ROOT]/Windows/bin/edgcpfe -o $[il_source] $[tau_opts] $[cdefines:%=-D%] $[TAU_INSTRUMENTOR_FLAGS] $[source]
+#defer TAU_MAKE_PDB $[PDT_ROOT]/Windows/bin/taucpdisp $[il_source] > $[pdb_source]
+#defer TAU_MAKE_INST $[TAU_ROOT]/bin/tau_instrumentor $[pdb_source] $[source] -o $[inst_source]
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
index b0579bb5f3..5ec13bddb3 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@
 /* If we're building with the Tau instrumentor, include the
    appropriate header file to pick up the TAU macros. */
 #include <TAU.h>
+#include <Profile/Profiler.h>
 #else
 /* Otherwise, if we're not building with the Tau instrumentor, turn
    off all the TAU macros.  We could include the Tau header file to do
diff --git a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
index f990e90e6f..c9c335e122 100644
--- a/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
+++ b/dtool/src/dtoolbase/dtoolbase_cc.h
@@ -16,12 +16,13 @@
 //
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-#ifndef PANDABASE_CC_H
-#define PANDABASE_CC_H
+#ifndef DTOOLBASE_CC_H
+#define DTOOLBASE_CC_H
 
 // This file should never be included directly; it's intended to be
 // included only from dtoolbase.h.  Include that file instead.
 
+#ifdef __cplusplus
 
 #ifdef CPPPARSER
 #include <iostream>
@@ -182,7 +183,30 @@ INLINE void operator delete[](void *ptr) {
   (*global_operator_delete)(ptr);
 }
 
+#if defined(USE_TAU) && defined(WIN32)
+// Hack around tau's lack of DLL export declarations for Profiler class.
+class EXPCL_DTOOL TauProfile {
+public:
+  TauProfile(char *name, char *type, int group, char *group_name) {
+    _tautimer = NULL;
+    Tau_profile_c_timer(&_tautimer, name, type, group, group_name);
+    TAU_PROFILE_START(_tautimer); 
+  }
+  ~TauProfile() {
+    TAU_PROFILE_STOP(_tautimer);
+  }
+
+private:
+  void *_tautimer;
+};
+
+#undef TAU_PROFILE
+#define TAU_PROFILE(name, type, group) TauProfile _taupr(name, type, group, #group)
+#endif  // USE_TAU
+
 #endif  // GLOBAL_OPERATOR_NEW_EXCEPTIONS
 #endif  // USE_MEMORY_NOWRAPPERS
 
+#endif  //  __cplusplus
+
 #endif