diff --git a/src/Tools/Common.mk b/src/Tools/Common.mk
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f1fb821a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tools/Common.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BUILD_PROFILE  ?= debug
+CARGO_CMD      ?= build
+WINDOWS_TARGET ?= x86_64-pc-windows-gnu
+UNIX_TARGET    ?= x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
+
+WINDOWS_ARTIFACT = ./target/$(WINDOWS_TARGET)/$(BUILD_PROFILE)/$(ARTIFACT).exe
+UNIX_ARTIFACT    = ./target/$(UNIX_TARGET)/$(BUILD_PROFILE)/$(ARTIFACT)
+
+define cp_artifact
+	$(if $(findstring build,$(CARGO_CMD)),	
+	@mkdir -p $(dir $(1))
+	@cp $(1) $(2)
+	)
+endef
+
+# Windows build requires "rustup target add x86_64-pc-windows-gnu" and "sudo apt-get install mingw-w64"
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diff --git a/src/Tools/Makefile b/src/Tools/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/src/Tools/Tools.code-workspace b/src/Tools/Tools.code-workspace
index 7f74f1eb..dc2faa8f 100644
--- a/src/Tools/Tools.code-workspace
+++ b/src/Tools/Tools.code-workspace
@@ -5,10 +5,30 @@
 		}
 	],
 	"settings": {
+		"cargo_task": [
+			"wslpath all!Unix: wslpath",
+			"wslpath all-windows!Windows: wslpath"
+		]
 	},
 	"tasks": {
 		"version": "2.0.0",
 		"tasks": [
+			{
+				"label": "cargo2",
+				"type": "shell",
+				"group": {
+					"kind": "build"
+				},
+				"windows": {
+					"command": "wsl --shell-type login make -C ./${input:windows_cargo_task} CARGO_CMD=${input:cargo cmd} BUILD_PROFILE=${input:build cfg}"
+				},
+				"linux":   {
+					"command": "make -C ./${input:linux_cargo_task} BUILD_PROFILE=${input:build cfg}"
+				},
+				"problemMatcher": []
+			},
+
+
 			{
 				"label": "all",
 				"type": "shell",
@@ -62,6 +82,28 @@
 			}
 		],
 		"inputs": [
+			{
+				"id": "windows_cargo_task",
+				"type": "command",
+				"command": "shellCommand.execute",
+				"args": {
+					"command": "powershell",
+					"commandArgs": ["-command", "'${config:cargo_task}'.Replace(',',\"`n\")"],
+					"fieldSeparator": "!"
+				}
+			},
+
+
+
+			{
+				"id": "planschi",
+				"type": "command",
+				"command": "shellCommand.execute",
+				"args": {
+					"command": "printf A!B\\nB!C",
+					"fieldSeparator": "!"
+				}
+			},
 			{
 				"id": "build cfg",
 				"type": "pickString",
diff --git a/src/Tools/wslpath/Makefile b/src/Tools/wslpath/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1cdc3a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Tools/wslpath/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+include ../Common.mk
+
+ARTIFACT = wslpath
+
+.PHONY: $(WINDOWS_ARTIFACT) $(UNIX_ARTIFACT)
+$(WINDOWS_ARTIFACT):
+	cargo $(CARGO_CMD) --$(BUILD_PROFILE) --target=$(WINDOWS_TARGET)
+	$(call cp_artifact,$(WINDOWS_ARTIFACT), ../../../bin/$(ARTIFACT).exe)
+
+$(UNIX_ARTIFACT):
+	cargo $(CARGO_CMD) --$(BUILD_PROFILE) --target=$(UNIX_TARGET)
+	$(call cp_artifact,$(UNIX_ARTIFACT), ../../../bin/$(ARTIFACT))
+
+all-windows: $(WINDOWS_ARTIFACT)
+all: $(UNIX_ARTIFACT)
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