diff --git a/windows/Makefile b/windows/Makefile
index f053ee2e..d164a8ab 100644
--- a/windows/Makefile
+++ b/windows/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@
 
 ifdef W64
 CC = x86_64-pc-mingw32-gcc
+WINDRES = x86_64-pc-mingw32-windres
 AR = x86_64-pc-mingw32-ar
 STRIP = x86_64-pc-mingw32-strip
 else
 CC = mingw32-gcc
+WINDRES = windres
 AR = ar
 STRIP = strip
 endif
@@ -66,10 +68,12 @@ STATIC_CPPFLAGS = -DLZMA_API_STATIC
 ifdef WINE
 ifdef W64
 CC := wine c:/MinGW64/bin/x86_64-pc-mingw32-gcc
+WINDRES := wine c:/MinGW64/bin/x86_64-pc-mingw32-windres
 AR := wine c:/MinGW64/bin/x86_64-pc-mingw32-ar
 STRIP := wine c:/MinGW64/bin/x86_64-pc-mingw32-strip
 else
 CC := wine c:/MinGW/bin/gcc
+WINDRES := wine c:/MinGW/bin/windres
 AR := wine c:/MinGW/bin/ar
 STRIP := wine c:/MinGW/bin/strip
 endif
@@ -102,6 +106,9 @@ pkg: all
 	$(CP) ../src/liblzma/api/lzma.h pkg/include
 	$(CP) ../src/liblzma/api/lzma/*.h pkg/include/lzma
 
+%_rc.o: %.rc
+	$(WINDRES) $< $@
+
 
 ###############
 # liblzma.dll #
@@ -185,7 +192,7 @@ endif
 
 LIBLZMA_OBJS_C = $(LIBLZMA_SRCS_C:.c=.o)
 LIBLZMA_OBJS_ASM = $(LIBLZMA_SRCS_ASM:.S=.o)
-LIBLZMA_OBJS = $(LIBLZMA_OBJS_C) $(LIBLZMA_OBJS_ASM)
+LIBLZMA_OBJS = $(LIBLZMA_OBJS_C) $(LIBLZMA_OBJS_ASM) liblzma_rc.o
 
 LIBLZMA_OBJS_STATIC_C = $(LIBLZMA_SRCS_C:.c=-static.o)
 LIBLZMA_OBJS_STATIC_ASM = $(LIBLZMA_SRCS_ASM:.S=-static.o)
@@ -232,25 +239,25 @@ xzdec: xzdec-dynamic.exe lzmadec-dynamic.exe xzdec.exe lzmadec.exe
 
 XZDEC_SRCS = ../src/xzdec/xzdec.c
 
-xzdec-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZDEC_SRCS)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) -o $@ liblzma.a
+xzdec-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZDEC_SRCS) xzdec_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) xzdec_rc.o -o $@ liblzma.a
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
-lzmadec-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZDEC_SRCS)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) -DLZMADEC $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) -o $@ liblzma.a
+lzmadec-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZDEC_SRCS) lzmadec_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) -DLZMADEC $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) lzmadec_rc.o -o $@ liblzma.a
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
-xzdec.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZDEC_SRCS)
-	$(CC) $(STATIC_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
+xzdec.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZDEC_SRCS) xzdec_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(STATIC_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) xzdec_rc.o -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
-lzmadec.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZDEC_SRCS)
-	$(CC) $(STATIC_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) -DLZMADEC $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
+lzmadec.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZDEC_SRCS) lzmadec_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(STATIC_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) -DLZMADEC $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZDEC_SRCS) lzmadec_rc.o -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
 .PHONY: xzdec-clean
 xzdec-clean:
-	-$(RM) xzdec-dynamic.exe lzmadec-dynamic.exe xzdec.exe lzmadec.exe
+	-$(RM) xzdec-dynamic.exe lzmadec-dynamic.exe xzdec.exe lzmadec.exe xzdec_rc.o lzmadec_rc.o
 
 
 ##########
@@ -285,17 +292,17 @@ $(XZ_SRCS_FIXED): %-fixed.c: %.c
 $(XZ_OBJS): %.o: %-fixed.c
 	$(CC) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-xz-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZ_OBJS)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZ_OBJS) -o $@ liblzma.a
+xz-dynamic.exe: liblzma.dll $(XZ_OBJS) xz_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZ_OBJS) xz_rc.o -o $@ liblzma.a
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
 $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC): %-static.o: %-fixed.c
 	$(CC) $(STATIC_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $(ALL_CFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
 
-xz.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC)
-	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC) -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
+xz.exe: liblzma_static.lib $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC) xz_rc.o
+	$(CC) $(ALL_CFLAGS) $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC) xz_rc.o -o $@ liblzma_static.lib
 	$(STRIP) --strip-all $@
 
 .PHONY: xz-clean
 xz-clean:
-	-$(RM) $(XZ_OBJS) $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC) $(XZ_SRCS_FIXED) xz-dynamic.exe xz.exe
+	-$(RM) $(XZ_OBJS) $(XZ_OBJS_STATIC) $(XZ_SRCS_FIXED) xz_rc.o xz-dynamic.exe xz.exe
diff --git a/windows/common.rc b/windows/common.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..18bc6c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/common.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include <winresrc.h>
+#include "config.h"
+
+#define MY_VER_MAJOR 4
+#define MY_VER_MINOR 999
+#define MY_VER_PATCH 8
+#ifndef MY_VER_BUILD
+# define MY_VER_BUILD 0
+#endif
+#define MY_VERSION MY_VER_MAJOR,MY_VER_MINOR,MY_VER_PATCH,MY_VER_BUILD
+
+#define MY_FILENAME    MY_NAME MY_SUFFIX
+#define MY_COMPANY     "Lasse Collin and Igor Pavlov"
+#define MY_COPYRIGHT   "Copyright by " MY_COMPANY
+#define MY_COMMENTS    "http://tukaani.org/xz/"
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+  FILEVERSION MY_VERSION
+  PRODUCTVERSION MY_VERSION
+  FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+  FILEFLAGS 0
+  FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+  FILETYPE MY_TYPE
+  FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN 
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", MY_COMMENTS
+            VALUE "CompanyName", MY_COMPANY
+            VALUE "FileDescription", MY_DESC
+            VALUE "FileVersion", PACKAGE_VERSION
+            VALUE "InternalName", MY_NAME
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", MY_COPYRIGHT
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", MY_FILENAME
+            VALUE "ProductName", PACKAGE_NAME
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", PACKAGE_VERSION
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END
diff --git a/windows/liblzma.rc b/windows/liblzma.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3d41ae18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/liblzma.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define MY_TYPE VFT_DLL
+#define MY_NAME "liblzma"
+#define MY_SUFFIX ".dll"
+#define MY_DESC "liblzma data compression library"
+#include "common.rc"
diff --git a/windows/lzmadec.rc b/windows/lzmadec.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d965d007
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/lzmadec.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define MY_TYPE VFT_APP
+#define MY_NAME "lzmadec"
+#define MY_SUFFIX ".exe"
+#define MY_DESC "lzmadec uncompression tool for .lzma files"
+#include "common.rc"
diff --git a/windows/xz.rc b/windows/xz.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5ab33c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/xz.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define MY_TYPE VFT_APP
+#define MY_NAME "xz"
+#define MY_SUFFIX ".exe"
+#define MY_DESC "xz data compression tool for .xz and .lzma files"
+#include "common.rc"
diff --git a/windows/xzdec.rc b/windows/xzdec.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..33138b64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/xzdec.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#define MY_TYPE VFT_APP
+#define MY_NAME "xzdec"
+#define MY_SUFFIX ".exe"
+#define MY_DESC "xzdec uncompression tool for .xz files"
+#include "common.rc"