diff --git a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-network.import.props b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-network.import.props
index c88f62d5..d963a1a3 100644
--- a/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-network.import.props
+++ b/builds/msvc/vs2022/libbitcoin-network.import.props
@@ -15,9 +15,13 @@
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup>
     <ClCompile>
+      <!-- include\bitcoin\ssl\ is a directory clone of a subset of wolfssl sources, plus config. -->
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\..\libbitcoin-network\include\bitcoin\ssl\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>$(ProjectDir)..\..\..\..\..\libbitcoin-network\include\;%(AdditionalIncludeDirectories)</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
       <AdditionalOptions>/bigobj %(AdditionalOptions)</AdditionalOptions>
       <PreprocessorDefinitions Condition="'$(Linkage-libbitcoin-network)' == 'static' Or '$(Linkage-libbitcoin-network)' == 'ltcg'">BCT_STATIC;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <!-- WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS enables import of "user_settings.h" into wolfssl without source modification. -->
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WOLFSSL_USER_SETTINGS;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
     </ClCompile>
     <Link>
       <AdditionalDependencies Condition="'$(Linkage-libbitcoin-network)' != ''">libbitcoin-network.lib;%(AdditionalDependencies)</AdditionalDependencies>