diff --git a/windows/CMakeLists.txt b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
index 31b4cc74e..74839fb51 100644
--- a/windows/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/windows/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,13 +1,21 @@
 list(APPEND HIDAPI_PUBLIC_HEADERS "hidapi_winapi.h")
 
-add_library(hidapi_winapi
-    ${HIDAPI_PUBLIC_HEADERS}
+set(SOURCES
     hid.c
     hidapi_cfgmgr32.h
     hidapi_hidclass.h
     hidapi_hidpi.h
     hidapi_hidsdi.h
 )
+
+if(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+    list(APPEND SOURCES hidapi.rc)
+endif()
+
+add_library(hidapi_winapi
+    ${HIDAPI_PUBLIC_HEADERS}
+    ${SOURCES}
+)
 target_link_libraries(hidapi_winapi
     PUBLIC hidapi_include
 )
diff --git a/windows/hidapi.rc b/windows/hidapi.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..530917e95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/hidapi.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "winresrc.h"
+
+#include "hidapi.h"
+
+// English
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_DEFAULT
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION HID_API_VERSION_MAJOR,HID_API_VERSION_MINOR,HID_API_VERSION_PATCH,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION HID_API_VERSION_MAJOR,HID_API_VERSION_MINOR,HID_API_VERSION_PATCH,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+ FILEFLAGS 0
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+  | VS_FF_DEBUG
+#endif
+ FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+ FILETYPE VFT_DLL
+BEGIN
+	BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		BLOCK "04090000"
+		BEGIN
+			VALUE "CompanyName", "libusb/hidapi Team"
+			VALUE "FileDescription", "A multi-platform library to interface with HID devices (USB, Bluetooth, etc.)"
+			VALUE "FileVersion", HID_API_VERSION_STR
+			VALUE "ProductName", "HIDAPI"
+			VALUE "ProductVersion", HID_API_VERSION_STR
+			VALUE "Licence", "https://github.com/libusb/hidapi/blob/master/LICENSE.txt"
+			VALUE "Comments", "https://github.com/libusb/hidapi"
+		END
+	END
+	BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 0
+	END
+END
diff --git a/windows/hidapi.vcxproj b/windows/hidapi.vcxproj
index b14c5c1b7..7f7a95df8 100644
--- a/windows/hidapi.vcxproj
+++ b/windows/hidapi.vcxproj
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\hidapi</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -125,6 +129,10 @@
       <GenerateDebugInformation>true</GenerateDebugInformation>
       <SubSystem>Windows</SubSystem>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\hidapi</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>_DEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -146,6 +154,10 @@
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
       <TargetMachine>MachineX86</TargetMachine>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\hidapi</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">
     <ClCompile>
@@ -167,14 +179,22 @@
       <OptimizeReferences>true</OptimizeReferences>
       <EnableCOMDATFolding>true</EnableCOMDATFolding>
     </Link>
+    <ResourceCompile>
+      <AdditionalIncludeDirectories>..\hidapi</AdditionalIncludeDirectories>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>NDEBUG</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemDefinitionGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="hid.c" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClInclude Include="..\hidapi\hidapi.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="hidapi_winapi.h" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="hidapi.rc" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.targets" />
   <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionTargets">
   </ImportGroup>
-</Project>
+</Project>
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diff --git a/windows/hidapi.vcxproj.filters b/windows/hidapi.vcxproj.filters
index af3a78a3a..63e42e136 100644
--- a/windows/hidapi.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/windows/hidapi.vcxproj.filters
@@ -23,5 +23,13 @@
     <ClInclude Include="..\hidapi\hidapi.h">
       <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="hidapi_winapi.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ResourceCompile Include="hidapi.rc">
+      <Filter>Resource Files</Filter>
+    </ResourceCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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