diff --git a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.Template.cs b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.Template.cs
index 601e2d0b7..64714afb0 100644
--- a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.Template.cs
+++ b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.Template.cs
@@ -462,6 +462,15 @@ internal static class Filters
 ";
                 }
             }
+
+            public static class TargetElement
+            {
+                public static string CustomTarget =
+@"  <Target Name=""[targetElement.Name]"" [targetElement.TargetParameters]>
+    [targetElement.CustomTasks]
+  </Target>
+";
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.cs b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.cs
index 4c1cce30b..62d405bce 100644
--- a/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.cs
+++ b/Sharpmake.Generators/VisualStudio/Vcxproj.cs
@@ -676,6 +676,15 @@ private void GenerateImpl(GenerationContext context, IList<string> generatedFile
             }
             fileGenerator.Write(Template.Project.ProjectTargetsEnd);
 
+            foreach (var element in context.Project.CustomTargets)
+            {
+                using (fileGenerator.Declare("project", context.Project))
+                using (fileGenerator.Declare("targetElement", element))
+                {
+                    fileGenerator.Write(Template.TargetElement.CustomTarget);
+                }
+            }
+
             // in case we are using fast build we do not want to write most dependencies
             // in the vcxproj because they are handled internally in the bff.
             // Nevertheless, non-fastbuild dependencies (such as C# projects) must be written.
diff --git a/Sharpmake/Project.cs b/Sharpmake/Project.cs
index a4ca9d2be..f2c6fa642 100644
--- a/Sharpmake/Project.cs
+++ b/Sharpmake/Project.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,14 @@
 
 namespace Sharpmake
 {
+    [Resolver.Resolvable]
+    public class CustomTargetElement
+    {
+        public string Name = "";
+        public string TargetParameters = "";
+        public string CustomTasks = "";
+    }
+
     [Resolver.Resolvable]
     public partial class Project : Configurable<Project.Configuration>
     {
@@ -225,6 +233,7 @@ internal void Resolve(string sourceRootPath, Resolver resolver)
 
         public Strings CustomPropsFiles = new Strings();  // vs2010+ .props files
         public Strings CustomTargetsFiles = new Strings();  // vs2010+ .targets files
+        public List<CustomTargetElement> CustomTargets = new List<CustomTargetElement>();
 
         public Strings LibraryPathsExcludeFromWarningRegex = new Strings();                 // Library paths where we want to ignore the path doesn't exist warning
         public Strings IncludePathsExcludeFromWarningRegex = new Strings();                 // Include paths where we want to ignore the path doesn't exist warning
@@ -2160,7 +2169,7 @@ public static void InitAspNetProject(this CSharpProject aspNetProject)
 
             aspNetProject.NoneExtensions.Add(".pubxml");
 
-            aspNetProject.CustomTargets.Add(new CSharpProject.CustomTargetElement()
+            aspNetProject.CustomTargets.Add(new CustomTargetElement()
             {
                 Name = "MvcBuildViews",
                 TargetParameters = @"AfterTargets=""AfterBuild"" Condition=""'$(MvcBuildViews)' == 'true'""",
@@ -2311,7 +2320,6 @@ public class CSharpProject : Project
         public List<ComReference> ComReferences = new List<ComReference>();
         public List<ImportProject> PreImportProjects = new List<ImportProject>();
         public List<ImportProject> ImportProjects = new List<ImportProject>();
-        public List<CustomTargetElement> CustomTargets = new List<CustomTargetElement>();
         public List<UsingTask> UsingTasks = new List<UsingTask>();
 
         public bool? WcfAutoStart; // Wcf Auto-Start service when debugging
@@ -2337,12 +2345,10 @@ public class CSharpProject : Project
         public bool GenerateDocumentationFile = false;
 
         [Resolver.Resolvable]
-        public class CustomTargetElement
-        {
-            public string Name;
-            public string TargetParameters;
-            public string CustomTasks;
+        [Obsolete("Use Sharpmake.CustomTargetElement instead")]
 
+        public class CustomTargetElement : Sharpmake.CustomTargetElement
+        {
             public CustomTargetElement()
             { }