diff --git a/src/backend/Makefile b/src/backend/Makefile
index 21b094385f..a4b6d1658c 100644
--- a/src/backend/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/Makefile
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ endif
 endif
 	$(MAKE) -C catalog install-data
 	$(MAKE) -C tsearch install-data
+	$(MAKE) -C utils install-data
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/libpq/pg_hba.conf.sample '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/pg_hba.conf.sample'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/libpq/pg_ident.conf.sample '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/pg_ident.conf.sample'
 	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/utils/misc/postgresql.conf.sample '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgresql.conf.sample'
@@ -312,6 +313,7 @@ endif
 endif
 	$(MAKE) -C catalog uninstall-data
 	$(MAKE) -C tsearch uninstall-data
+	$(MAKE) -C utils uninstall-data
 	rm -f '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/pg_hba.conf.sample' \
 	      '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/pg_ident.conf.sample' \
 	      '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/postgresql.conf.sample' \
diff --git a/src/backend/utils/Makefile b/src/backend/utils/Makefile
index e296e6ce4d..163c81a1c2 100644
--- a/src/backend/utils/Makefile
+++ b/src/backend/utils/Makefile
@@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ else
 	sed -f $(srcdir)/Gen_dummy_probes.sed $< >$@
 endif
 
+.PHONY: install-data
+install-data: errcodes.txt installdirs
+	$(INSTALL_DATA) $(srcdir)/errcodes.txt '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)/errcodes.txt'
+
+installdirs:
+	$(MKDIR_P) '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)'
+
+.PHONY: uninstall-data
+uninstall-data:
+	rm -f $(addprefix '$(DESTDIR)$(datadir)'/, errcodes.txt)
 
 # fmgroids.h, fmgrprotos.h, fmgrtab.c and errcodes.h are in the
 # distribution tarball, so they are not cleaned here.
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
index 33290993ad..82528eaa28 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Install.pm
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@ sub Install
 		CopyFiles(
 			'Information schema data', $target . '/share/',
 			'src/backend/catalog/',    'sql_features.txt');
+		CopyFiles(
+			'Error code data', $target . '/share/',
+			'src/backend/utils/',    'errcodes.txt');
 		GenerateConversionScript($target);
 		GenerateTimezoneFiles($target, $conf);
 		GenerateTsearchFiles($target);