diff --git a/xmake/plugins/project/vstudio/impl/vs201x_vcxproj.lua b/xmake/plugins/project/vstudio/impl/vs201x_vcxproj.lua
index 21d4c68814f..b69826694e0 100644
--- a/xmake/plugins/project/vstudio/impl/vs201x_vcxproj.lua
+++ b/xmake/plugins/project/vstudio/impl/vs201x_vcxproj.lua
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@ function _make_common_item(vcxprojfile, vsinfo, target, targetinfo)
         -- save subsystem
         local subsystem = "Console"
 
+        -- save profile
+        local profile = false
+
         -- make linker flags
         local flags = {}
         local excludes = {
@@ -836,6 +839,8 @@ function _make_common_item(vcxprojfile, vsinfo, target, targetinfo)
             elseif flag_lower:find("[^%-/].+%.lib") then
                 -- link file
                 table.insert(links, flag)
+            elseif flag_lower:find("[%-/]profile") then
+                profile = true
             else
                 local excluded = false
                 for _, exclude in ipairs(excludes) do
@@ -870,6 +875,9 @@ function _make_common_item(vcxprojfile, vsinfo, target, targetinfo)
         -- generate debug infomation?
         if linkerkinds[targetinfo.targetkind] == "Link" then
 
+            -- enable profile?
+            vcxprojfile:print("<Profile>%s</Profile>", tostring(profile))
+
             -- enable debug infomation?
             local debug = false
             for _, symbol in ipairs(targetinfo.symbols) do
diff --git a/xmake/rules/mode/xmake.lua b/xmake/rules/mode/xmake.lua
index 308dec90f76..06aeffdcb6e 100644
--- a/xmake/rules/mode/xmake.lua
+++ b/xmake/rules/mode/xmake.lua
@@ -156,10 +156,15 @@ rule("mode.profile")
                 end
             end
 
-            -- enable gprof
-            target:add("cxflags", "-pg")
-            target:add("mxflags", "-pg")
-            target:add("ldflags", "-pg")
+            if target:is_plat("windows") then
+                -- enable vs profile
+                target:add("ldflags", "/profile")
+            else
+                -- enable gprof
+                target:add("cxflags", "-pg")
+                target:add("mxflags", "-pg")
+                target:add("ldflags", "-pg")
+            end
 
             -- enable NDEBUG macros to disables standard-C assertions
             target:add("cxflags", "-DNDEBUG")