diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 090d632ffd60b92c7ec0b7452d7e295cefad4833..fca1e7a51fee877ca1dca9b1e5e1317311c0890f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -114,16 +114,20 @@ trace.o: trace.c $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
 simpletrace.o: simpletrace.c $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
+version.o: $(SRC_PATH)/version.rc config-host.mak
+	$(call quiet-command,$(WINDRES) -I. -o $@ $<,"  RC    $(TARGET_DIR)$@")
+
+version-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += version.o
 ######################################################################
 
 qemu-img.o: qemu-img-cmds.h
 qemu-img.o qemu-tool.o qemu-nbd.o qemu-io.o: $(GENERATED_HEADERS)
 
-qemu-img$(EXESUF): qemu-img.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y)
+qemu-img$(EXESUF): qemu-img.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y)
 
-qemu-nbd$(EXESUF): qemu-nbd.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y)
+qemu-nbd$(EXESUF): qemu-nbd.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y)
 
-qemu-io$(EXESUF): qemu-io.o cmd.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y)
+qemu-io$(EXESUF): qemu-io.o cmd.o qemu-tool.o qemu-error.o $(trace-obj-y) $(block-obj-y) $(qobject-obj-y) $(version-obj-y)
 
 qemu-img-cmds.h: $(SRC_PATH)/qemu-img-cmds.hx
 	$(call quiet-command,sh $(SRC_PATH)/hxtool -h < $< > $@,"  GEN   $@")
diff --git a/Makefile.objs b/Makefile.objs
index dad459343d06a1993ac09a4a256f2b1b900457ce..dde3ba9d192dcaa7c90a5030114b21503266ab50 100644
--- a/Makefile.objs
+++ b/Makefile.objs
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ common-obj-y += block-migration.o
 
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_BRLAPI) += baum.o
 common-obj-$(CONFIG_POSIX) += migration-exec.o migration-unix.o migration-fd.o
+common-obj-$(CONFIG_WIN32) += version.o
 
 audio-obj-y = audio.o noaudio.o wavaudio.o mixeng.o
 audio-obj-$(CONFIG_SDL) += sdlaudio.o
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 02bda640cfe96377b3a48a8a79cbb4dffb8dd7ca..8fe4bbea89e0401ab65b1a3d8b7a8b959d56c591 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ install="install"
 objcopy="objcopy"
 ld="ld"
 strip="strip"
+windres="windres"
 helper_cflags=""
 libs_softmmu=""
 libs_tools=""
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ ar="${cross_prefix}${ar}"
 objcopy="${cross_prefix}${objcopy}"
 ld="${cross_prefix}${ld}"
 strip="${cross_prefix}${strip}"
+windres="${cross_prefix}${windres}"
 
 # default flags for all hosts
 QEMU_CFLAGS="-fno-strict-aliasing $QEMU_CFLAGS"
@@ -2319,6 +2321,15 @@ fi
 echo "HOST_LONG_BITS=$hostlongbits" >> $config_host_mak
 if test "$mingw32" = "yes" ; then
   echo "CONFIG_WIN32=y" >> $config_host_mak
+  rc_version=`cat $source_path/VERSION`
+  version_major=${rc_version%%.*}
+  rc_version=${rc_version#*.}
+  version_minor=${rc_version%%.*}
+  rc_version=${rc_version#*.}
+  version_subminor=${rc_version%%.*}
+  version_micro=0
+  echo "CONFIG_FILEVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
+  echo "CONFIG_PRODUCTVERSION=$version_major,$version_minor,$version_subminor,$version_micro" >> $config_host_mak
 else
   echo "CONFIG_POSIX=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
@@ -2565,6 +2576,7 @@ fi
 echo "AR=$ar" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "OBJCOPY=$objcopy" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "LD=$ld" >> $config_host_mak
+echo "WINDRES=$windres" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "CFLAGS=$CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "QEMU_CFLAGS=$QEMU_CFLAGS" >> $config_host_mak
 echo "HELPER_CFLAGS=$helper_cflags" >> $config_host_mak
diff --git a/version.rc b/version.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..82e10ecf26b91a0ec6430ab42769e6aa739ae0df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/version.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#include <winver.h>
+#include "config-host.h"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION CONFIG_FILEVERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION CONFIG_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE VFT_APP
+FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
+{
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  {
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    {
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "http://www.qemu.org"
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "QEMU machine emulators and tools"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", QEMU_VERSION
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright various authors. Released under the GNU General Public License."
+      VALUE "LegalTrademarks", "QEMU is a trademark of Fabrice Bellard."
+      VALUE "ProductName", "QEMU"
+    }
+  }
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  {
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252
+  }
+}