diff --git a/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl b/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0499a4cbc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+#! /usr/bin/perl -w
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+#
+# Gen_dummy_probes.pl
+#    Perl script that generates probes.h file when dtrace is not available
+#
+# Portions Copyright (c) 2008-2016, PostgreSQL Global Development Group
+#
+#
+# IDENTIFICATION
+#    src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl
+#
+# This program was generated by running perl's s2p over Gen_dummy_probes.sed
+#
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+$0 =~ s/^.*?(\w+)[\.\w+]*$/$1/;
+
+use strict;
+use Symbol;
+use vars qw{ $isEOF $Hold %wFiles @Q $CondReg
+  $doAutoPrint $doOpenWrite $doPrint };
+$doAutoPrint = 1;
+$doOpenWrite = 1;
+
+# prototypes
+sub openARGV();
+sub getsARGV(;\$);
+sub eofARGV();
+sub printQ();
+
+# Run: the sed loop reading input and applying the script
+#
+sub Run()
+{
+	my ($h, $icnt, $s, $n);
+
+	# hack (not unbreakable :-/) to avoid // matching an empty string
+	my $z = "\000";
+	$z =~ /$z/;
+
+	# Initialize.
+	openARGV();
+	$Hold    = '';
+	$CondReg = 0;
+	$doPrint = $doAutoPrint;
+  CYCLE:
+	while (getsARGV())
+	{
+		chomp();
+		$CondReg = 0;    # cleared on t
+	  BOS:;
+
+		# /^[ 	]*probe /!d
+		unless (m /^[ \t]*probe /s)
+		{
+			$doPrint = 0;
+			goto EOS;
+		}
+
+		# s/^[ 	]*probe \([^(]*\)\(.*\);/\1\2/
+		{
+			$s = s /^[ \t]*probe ([^(]*)(.*);/${1}${2}/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# s/__/_/g
+		{
+			$s = s /__/_/sg;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/
+		{ y{abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz}{ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ}; }
+
+		# s/^/#define TRACE_POSTGRESQL_/
+		{
+			$s = s /^/#define TRACE_POSTGRESQL_/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# s/([^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1)/
+		{
+			$s = s /\([^,)]+\)/(INT1)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2)/
+		{
+			$s = s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3)/
+		{
+			$s = s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4)/
+		{
+			$s =
+s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5)/
+		{
+			$s =
+s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6)/
+		{
+			$s =
+s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6, INT7)/
+		{
+			$s =
+s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6, INT7)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+# s/([^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\}, [^,)]\{1,\})/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6, INT7, INT8)/
+		{
+			$s =
+s /\([^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+, [^,)]+\)/(INT1, INT2, INT3, INT4, INT5, INT6, INT7, INT8)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+
+		# P
+		{
+			if (/^(.*)/) { print $1, "\n"; }
+		}
+
+		# s/(.*$/_ENABLED() (0)/
+		{
+			$s = s /\(.*$/_ENABLED() (0)/s;
+			$CondReg ||= $s;
+		}
+	  EOS: if ($doPrint)
+		{
+			print $_, "\n";
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			$doPrint = $doAutoPrint;
+		}
+		printQ() if @Q;
+	}
+
+	exit(0);
+}
+Run();
+
+# openARGV: open 1st input file
+#
+sub openARGV()
+{
+	unshift(@ARGV, '-') unless @ARGV;
+	my $file = shift(@ARGV);
+	open(ARG, "<$file")
+	  || die("$0: can't open $file for reading ($!)\n");
+	$isEOF = 0;
+}
+
+# getsARGV: Read another input line into argument (default: $_).
+#           Move on to next input file, and reset EOF flag $isEOF.
+sub getsARGV(;\$)
+{
+	my $argref = @_ ? shift() : \$_;
+	while ($isEOF || !defined($$argref = <ARG>))
+	{
+		close(ARG);
+		return 0 unless @ARGV;
+		my $file = shift(@ARGV);
+		open(ARG, "<$file")
+		  || die("$0: can't open $file for reading ($!)\n");
+		$isEOF = 0;
+	}
+	1;
+}
+
+# eofARGV: end-of-file test
+#
+sub eofARGV()
+{
+	return @ARGV == 0 && ($isEOF = eof(ARG));
+}
+
+# makeHandle: Generates another file handle for some file (given by its path)
+#             to be written due to a w command or an s command's w flag.
+sub makeHandle($)
+{
+	my ($path) = @_;
+	my $handle;
+	if (!exists($wFiles{$path}) || $wFiles{$path} eq '')
+	{
+		$handle = $wFiles{$path} = gensym();
+		if ($doOpenWrite)
+		{
+			if (!open($handle, ">$path"))
+			{
+				die("$0: can't open $path for writing: ($!)\n");
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		$handle = $wFiles{$path};
+	}
+	return $handle;
+}
+
+# printQ: Print queued output which is either a string or a reference
+#         to a pathname.
+sub printQ()
+{
+	for my $q (@Q)
+	{
+		if (ref($q))
+		{
+			# flush open w files so that reading this file gets it all
+			if (exists($wFiles{$$q}) && $wFiles{$$q} ne '')
+			{
+				open($wFiles{$$q}, ">>$$q");
+			}
+
+			# copy file to stdout: slow, but safe
+			if (open(RF, "<$$q"))
+			{
+				while (defined(my $line = <RF>))
+				{
+					print $line;
+				}
+				close(RF);
+			}
+		}
+		else
+		{
+			print $q;
+		}
+	}
+	undef(@Q);
+}
diff --git a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
index c5a43f9b12..60bcd7e7e6 100644
--- a/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
+++ b/src/tools/msvc/Solution.pm
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ s{PG_VERSION_STR "[^"]+"}{__STRINGIFY(x) #x\n#define __STRINGIFY2(z) __STRINGIFY
 	{
 		print "Generating probes.h...\n";
 		system(
-'psed -f src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.sed src/backend/utils/probes.d > src/include/utils/probes.h'
+'perl src/backend/utils/Gen_dummy_probes.pl src/backend/utils/probes.d > src/include/utils/probes.h'
 		);
 	}