diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f0d23e0e..f30e9ee6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ set(SOURCES_UTILS
    )
 
 if (WIN32)
-    set(SOURCES_OS win/cpu_win.c win/memory_win.c win/xmrig_win.c compat/winansi.c)
+    set(SOURCES_OS win/cpu_win.c win/memory_win.c win/xmrig_win.c win/app.rc compat/winansi.c)
     set(EXTRA_LIBS ws2_32)
     add_definitions(/D_WIN32_WINNT=0x600)
 else()
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 40294cb7..074f4eb2 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #define APP_ID        "xmrig"
 #define APP_NAME      "XMRig"
+#define APP_DESC      "Monero (XMR) CPU miner"
 #define APP_VERSION   "0.5.0"
 #define APP_DOMAIN    "xmrig.com"
 #define APP_SITE      "www.xmrig.com"
diff --git a/win/app.ico b/win/app.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ab97bae
Binary files /dev/null and b/win/app.ico differ
diff --git a/win/app.rc b/win/app.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cb47aa3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win/app.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "../version.h"
+
+IDI_ICON1    ICON    DISCARDABLE    "app.ico"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+  FILEVERSION APP_VER_MAJOR,APP_VER_MINOR,APP_VER_BUILD,APP_VER_REV
+  PRODUCTVERSION APP_VER_MAJOR,APP_VER_MINOR,APP_VER_BUILD,APP_VER_REV
+  FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+  FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
+#else
+  FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+  FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
+  FILETYPE VFT_APP
+  FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      BLOCK "000004b0"
+      BEGIN
+        VALUE "CompanyName",      APP_SITE
+        VALUE "FileDescription",  APP_DESC
+        VALUE "FileVersion",      APP_VERSION
+        VALUE "LegalCopyright",   APP_COPYRIGHT
+        VALUE "OriginalFilename", "xmrig.exe"
+        VALUE "ProductName",      APP_NAME
+        VALUE "ProductVersion",   APP_VERSION
+      END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "Translation", 0x0, 1200
+    END
+  END
+