diff --git a/build/csprojtom4.py b/build/csprojtom4.py
index 02bcb19d8f..c6d708ca5b 100644
--- a/build/csprojtom4.py
+++ b/build/csprojtom4.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 
 if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-    print """Usage:
-  %s [input]""" % sys.argv[0]
+    print( """Usage:
+  %s [input]""" % sys.argv[0] )
     sys.exit()
 
 csproj = sys.argv[1]
@@ -34,20 +34,20 @@ from xml.dom.minidom import parse
 try:
     dom = parse(csproj)
 except:
-    print "ERROR: Unable to open CSProj file %s" % csproj
+    print( "ERROR: Unable to open CSProj file %s" % csproj )
     sys.exit()
 
 outputType = dom.getElementsByTagName("OutputType")[0].childNodes[0].data
 assemblyName = dom.getElementsByTagName("AssemblyName")[0].childNodes[0].data
 
 if outputType == "Exe":
-    print "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/%s.exe')dnl" % assemblyName
-    print "define(`GENOUTPUTTYPE', `exe')dnl"
+    print( "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/%s.exe')dnl" % assemblyName )
+    print( "define(`GENOUTPUTTYPE', `exe')dnl" )
 elif outputType == "Library":
-    print "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/%s.dll')dnl" % assemblyName
-    print "define(`GENOUTPUTTYPE', `library')dnl"
+    print( "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/%s.dll')dnl" % assemblyName )
+    print( "define(`GENOUTPUTTYPE', `library')dnl" )
 else:
-    print "ERROR: Unable to determine output type"
+    print( "ERROR: Unable to determine output type" )
     sys.exit()
 
 sources = [node.getAttribute("Include").replace('\\', '/') for node in
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ sources = [node.getAttribute("Include").replace('\\', '/') for node in
 assemblies = [node.getAttribute("Include") for node in
               dom.getElementsByTagName("Reference")]
 
-print "define(`GENSOURCES', `%s')dnl" % ' '.join(sources)
-print "define(`GENREFERENCES', `%s')dnl" % ','.join(assemblies)
+print( "define(`GENSOURCES', `%s')dnl" % ' '.join(sources) )
+print( "define(`GENREFERENCES', `%s')dnl" % ','.join(assemblies) )
diff --git a/build/vcxprojtom4.py b/build/vcxprojtom4.py
index 9c745b4f2a..32ffec7987 100644
--- a/build/vcxprojtom4.py
+++ b/build/vcxprojtom4.py
@@ -19,12 +19,12 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 #
 
-
+from __future__ import print_function
 import sys
 
 if len(sys.argv) != 2:
-    print """Usage:
-  %s [input]""" % sys.argv[0]
+    print( """Usage:
+  %s [input]""" % sys.argv[0] )
     sys.exit()
 
 vcxproj = sys.argv[1]
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from xml.dom.minidom import parse
 try:
     dom = parse(vcxproj)
 except:
-    print "ERROR: Unable to open VCXProj file %s" % vcxproj
+    print( "ERROR: Unable to open VCXProj file %s" % vcxproj )
     sys.exit()
 
 # We need to find out what kind of project/configuration we're going
@@ -49,19 +49,19 @@ for group in groups:
         configType = ctnodes[0].childNodes[0].data
         break
 
-print "define(`GENCONFIGTYPE', `%s')dnl" % configType
+print( "define(`GENCONFIGTYPE', `%s')dnl" % configType )
 
 if configType == "StaticLibrary":
-    print "define(`GENTARGET', `lib/lib`'GENNAME.a')dnl"
-    print "define(`GENOUTDIR', `lib')dnl"
+    print( "define(`GENTARGET', `lib/lib`'GENNAME.a')dnl" )
+    print( "define(`GENOUTDIR', `lib')dnl" )
 elif configType == "DynamicLibrary":
-    print "define(`GENTARGET', `lib/lib`'GENNAME.$(DLEXT)')dnl"
-    print "define(`GENOUTDIR', `lib')dnl"
+    print( "define(`GENTARGET', `lib/lib`'GENNAME.$(DLEXT)')dnl" )
+    print( "define(`GENOUTDIR', `lib')dnl" )
 elif configType == "Application":
-    print "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/'`GENNAME')dnl"
-    print "define(`GENOUTDIR', `bin')dnl"
+    print( "define(`GENTARGET', `bin/'`GENNAME')dnl" )
+    print( "define(`GENOUTDIR', `bin')dnl" )
 else:
-    print "ERROR: Unable to determine configuration type"
+    print( "ERROR: Unable to determine configuration type" )
     sys.exit()
 
 sources = [node.getAttribute("Include").replace('\\', '/') for node in
@@ -70,4 +70,4 @@ sources = [node.getAttribute("Include").replace('\\', '/') for node in
            dom.getElementsByTagName("ClInclude")
            if not node.getElementsByTagName("ExcludedFromBuild") and node.hasAttribute("Include")]
 
-print "define(`GENSOURCES', `%s')dnl" % ' '.join(sorted(sources))
+print( "define(`GENSOURCES', `%s')dnl" % ' '.join(sorted(sources)) )