diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index ce2f0da7..210a77cd 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
     set(HAVE_LIBWS2_32 1)
+    set(EXTRA_WINDOWS_SOURCES "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/windows.rc")
     set(EXTRA_WINDOWS_LIBRARIES setupapi ws2_32)
     add_compile_definitions(WIN32NATIVE=1)
 endif()
@@ -320,6 +321,9 @@ message(STATUS "----------------------")
 configure_file(cmake_config.h.in ac_cfg.h)
 configure_file(avrdude.conf.in avrdude.conf)
 configure_file(avrdude.spec.in avrdude.spec)
+if(WIN32)
+    configure_file(windows.rc.in windows.rc)
+endif()
 
 # =====================================
 # Project
@@ -445,6 +449,7 @@ add_executable(avrdude
     main.c
     term.c
     term.h
+    "${EXTRA_WINDOWS_SOURCES}"
     )
 
 target_link_libraries(avrdude PUBLIC libavrdude)
diff --git a/src/windows.rc.in b/src/windows.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..21c2b600
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/windows.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+//
+// avrdude - A Downloader / Uploader for AVR device programmers
+// Copyright(C) 2021 Marius Greuel
+//
+// This program is free software; you can redistribute itand /or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.See the
+// GNU General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+// along with this program.If not, see < http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+//
+
+#include "winres.h"
+
+#pragma code_page(1252)
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+
+STRINGTABLE
+BEGIN
+    100 "AVRDUDE"
+END
+
+#define VER_MAJOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define VER_MINOR @PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@
+#define VER_BUILD @PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@
+#define VER_REVISION @PROJECT_VERSION_TWEAK@
+
+#define _STR(s) #s
+#define _VER_STR(a, b, c, d) _STR(a) "." _STR(b) "." _STR(c) "." _STR(d)
+
+#define VER_FILEVERSION             VER_MAJOR,VER_MINOR,VER_BUILD,VER_REVISION
+#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         _VER_STR(VER_MAJOR, VER_MINOR, VER_BUILD, VER_REVISION)
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION          VER_FILEVERSION
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR         "The AVRDUDE authors"
+#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR     "AVRDUDE"
+#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR         "AVRDUDE"
+#define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR        "avrdude.exe"
+#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR      "\251 2021 The AVRDUDE authors"
+#define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR    VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
+#define VER_COMMENTS_STR            "https://github.com/avrdudes/avrdude"
+#define VER_FILETYPE                VFT_APP
+#define VER_FILESUBTYPE             0
+
+#ifdef DEBUG
+#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_DEBUG
+#else
+#define VER_DEBUG                   0
+#endif
+
+#define VER_FILEFLAGSMASK           VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+#define VER_FILEOS                  VOS__WINDOWS32
+#define VER_FILEFLAGS               (VER_DEBUG)
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION    VER_FILEVERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION VER_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEFLAGSMASK  VER_FILEFLAGSMASK
+FILEFLAGS      VER_FILEFLAGS
+FILEOS         VER_FILEOS
+FILETYPE       VER_FILETYPE
+FILESUBTYPE    VER_FILESUBTYPE
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0" // LANG_ENGLISH/SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US, Unicode CP
+        BEGIN
+#ifdef VER_COMMENTS_STR
+            VALUE "Comments", VER_COMMENTS_STR
+#endif
+            VALUE "CompanyName", VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
+            VALUE "FileDescription", VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
+            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+            VALUE "InternalName", VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
+            VALUE "ProductName", VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1200 //LANG_ENGLISH/SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US, Unicode CP
+    END
+END