diff --git a/src/Boot/Windows/BootCommon.h b/src/Boot/Windows/BootCommon.h
index e8aa8218..48682fd6 100644
--- a/src/Boot/Windows/BootCommon.h
+++ b/src/Boot/Windows/BootCommon.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 #include "BootDefs.h"
 
 // The user will be advised to upgrade the rescue disk if upgrading from the following or any previous version
-#define TC_RESCUE_DISK_UPGRADE_NOTICE_MAX_VERSION 0x0111
+#define TC_RESCUE_DISK_UPGRADE_NOTICE_MAX_VERSION 0x0113
 
 #define TC_BOOT_LOADER_AREA_SIZE (TC_BOOT_LOADER_AREA_SECTOR_COUNT * TC_SECTOR_SIZE_BIOS)
 
diff --git a/src/Boot/Windows/BootDefs.h b/src/Boot/Windows/BootDefs.h
index eb8629dc..5aef6589 100644
--- a/src/Boot/Windows/BootDefs.h
+++ b/src/Boot/Windows/BootDefs.h
@@ -14,7 +14,11 @@
 #define TC_HEADER_Boot_BootDefs
 
 // Total memory required (CODE + DATA + BSS + STACK + 0x100) in KBytes - determined from linker map.
-#define TC__BOOT_MEMORY_REQUIRED	42
+#ifdef TC_WINDOWS_BOOT_RESCUE_DISK_MODE
+	#define TC__BOOT_MEMORY_REQUIRED	44
+#else
+	#define TC__BOOT_MEMORY_REQUIRED	42
+#endif
 
 #ifdef TC_WINDOWS_BOOT_SINGLE_CIPHER_MODE
 #	undef TC__BOOT_MEMORY_REQUIRED
diff --git a/src/Boot/Windows/Makefile b/src/Boot/Windows/Makefile
index e25965d7..3ce069c7 100644
--- a/src/Boot/Windows/Makefile
+++ b/src/Boot/Windows/Makefile
@@ -193,6 +193,10 @@ $(LIBS)
 	$(LD) $(LFLAGS) @$(PROJ).crf
 	del $(PROJ).crf $(PROJ).crf2
 
+# Compress the Rescue Disk botloader for Cascades and SHA2 since it is too big (size > 31232 bytes)
+!if DEFINED(RESCUE_DISK) && !DEFINED (SINGLE_CIPHER) && "$(SINGLE_PRF)" == "SHA2"
+	upx $(PROJ).$(TARGETEXT)
+!endif
 	gzip.exe -c -n --best $(PROJ).$(TARGETEXT) >$(PROJ).$(TARGETEXT).gz
 	-dd.exe conv=notrunc,sync bs=512 seek=5 if=$(PROJ).$(TARGETEXT).gz of=$(PROJ).flp 2>NUL:
 	cd ..
diff --git a/src/Readme.txt b/src/Readme.txt
index c281caaf..2aff947f 100644
--- a/src/Readme.txt
+++ b/src/Readme.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ Requirements for Building VeraCrypt for Windows:
   header files (available at ftp://ftp.rsasecurity.com/pub/pkcs/pkcs-11/v2-20)
 - NASM assembler 2.08 or compatible
 - gzip compressor
+- upx packer (available at http://upx.sourceforge.net/)
 
 IMPORTANT: