diff --git a/Installation/test/Installation/CMakeLists.txt b/Installation/test/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
index 742d4c1b82d..5b6f49cf25f 100644
--- a/Installation/test/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Installation/test/Installation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ if ( CGAL_FOUND )
       create_link_to_program(CGAL_Qt4)
     endif()  
   endif()
+
+  if(WIN32) 
+    add_executable(test_gmp_mpfr_dll test_gmp_mpfr_dll.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(test_gmp_mpfr_dll Version)
+  endif(WIN32)
   
 else()
   
diff --git a/Installation/test/Installation/test_gmp_mpfr_dll.cpp b/Installation/test/Installation/test_gmp_mpfr_dll.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b6a2bdd176
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Installation/test/Installation/test_gmp_mpfr_dll.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+// This test is for MSVC only.
+#ifndef _MSC_VER
+int main() {
+  return 0;
+}
+#else
+
+#define GMP_SONAME "libgmp-10"
+#define MPFR_SONAME "libmpfr-4"
+#define GMP_MAJOR 5
+#define MPFR_MAJOR 3
+
+
+#include <iostream>
+#include <cassert>
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "gmp.h"
+#include <mpfr.h>
+
+bool get_version_info(const LPCTSTR name, 
+                      int& major,
+                      int& minor,
+                      int& patch,
+                      int& build)
+{
+  HMODULE g_dllHandle = GetModuleHandle(name);
+  if(!g_dllHandle) {
+    std::cerr << name << " is not loaded!\n";
+    return false;
+  }
+  char fileName[_MAX_PATH];
+  DWORD size = GetModuleFileName(g_dllHandle, fileName, _MAX_PATH);
+  fileName[size] = NULL;
+  std::cerr << "Query FileVersion of \"" << fileName << "\"\n";
+  DWORD handle = 0;
+  size = GetFileVersionInfoSize(fileName, &handle);
+  BYTE* versionInfo = new BYTE[size];
+  if (!GetFileVersionInfo(fileName, handle, size, versionInfo))
+  {
+    delete[] versionInfo;
+    return false;
+  }
+  // we have version information
+  UINT len = 0;
+  VS_FIXEDFILEINFO*   vsfi = NULL;
+  VerQueryValue(versionInfo, "\\", (void**)&vsfi, &len);
+  major = HIWORD(vsfi->dwFileVersionMS);
+  minor = LOWORD(vsfi->dwFileVersionMS);
+  patch = HIWORD(vsfi->dwFileVersionLS);
+  build = LOWORD(vsfi->dwFileVersionLS);
+  delete[] versionInfo;
+  return true;
+}
+
+int main() {
+  std::cout << "Hello GMP version " << gmp_version << std::endl;
+  std::cout << "Hello MPFR version " << mpfr_get_version() << std::endl;
+  int major, minor, patch, build;
+  bool result = get_version_info(GMP_SONAME, major, minor, patch, build);
+  assert(result);
+  std::cout << "GMP version "
+            << major << "."
+            << minor << "."
+            << patch << "."
+            << build << "\n";
+  assert(major==GMP_MAJOR);
+  major = 0;
+  result = get_version_info(MPFR_SONAME, major, minor, patch, build);
+  assert(result);
+  std::cout << "MPFR version "
+            << major << "."
+            << minor << "."
+            << patch << "."
+            << build << "\n";
+  assert(major==MPFR_MAJOR);
+}
+#endif