diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8883896e7..aae3a5932 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ set(VERSION_EXTRA "" CACHE STRING "Stuff to append to version string")
 set(VERSION_MAJOR 0)
 set(VERSION_MINOR 4)
 set(VERSION_PATCH 9)
+set(VERSION_PATCH_ORIG ${VERSION_PATCH})
+
 if(VERSION_EXTRA)
 	set(VERSION_PATCH ${VERSION_PATCH}-${VERSION_EXTRA})
 else()
diff --git a/misc/winresource.rc b/misc/winresource.rc
index 8913ff572..ecb314c12 100644
--- a/misc/winresource.rc
+++ b/misc/winresource.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,57 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 #include <commctrl.h>
 #include <richedit.h>
+#define USE_CMAKE_CONFIG_H
+#include "config.h"
+#undef USE_CMAKE_CONFIG_H
+
+#if RUN_IN_PLACE == 1
+	#define BUILDMODE "RUN_IN_PLACE=1\0"
+#else
+	#define BUILDMODE "RUN_IN_PLACE=0\0"
+#endif
+
 LANGUAGE 0, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 130        ICON         "minetest-icon.ico"
+
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Version
+//
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION VERSION_MAJOR,VERSION_MINOR,VERSION_PATCH_ORIG,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION VERSION_MAJOR,VERSION_MINOR,VERSION_PATCH_ORIG,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS 0x1L
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+ FILETYPE VFT_APP
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Comments", "\0"
+        VALUE "CompanyName", "Minetest Community\0"
+        VALUE "FileDescription", "Minetest engine core main application\0"
+        VALUE "FileVersion", VERSION_STRING
+        VALUE "InternalName", "Minetest engine\0"
+        VALUE "LegalCopyright", "(c) 2014 celeron55\0"
+        VALUE "LegalTrademarks", """Minetest"" is property of Minetest community, don't use the name for your application without permission!\0"
+        VALUE "OriginalFilename", "minetest.exe\0"
+        VALUE "PrivateBuild", VERSION_EXTRA_STRING
+        VALUE "ProductName", "Minetest\0"
+        VALUE "ProductVersion", PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
+        VALUE "SpecialBuild", BUILDMODE
+    END
+END
+BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+END
+END
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index a5cad8fc1..562306e10 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@ set(common_SRCS
 	${UTIL_SRCS}
 )
 
-# This gives us the icon
+# This gives us the icon and file version information
 if(WIN32)
 	set(WINRESOURCE_FILE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../misc/winresource.rc)
 	if(MINGW)
@@ -396,7 +396,8 @@ if(WIN32)
 			COMMAND ${CMAKE_RC_COMPILER} -I${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
 			-i${WINRESOURCE_FILE}
 			-o ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/winresource_rc.o
-			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
+			DEPENDS ${WINRESOURCE_FILE})
 		SET(common_SRCS ${common_SRCS} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/winresource_rc.o)
 	else(MINGW) # Probably MSVC
 		set(common_SRCS ${common_SRCS} ${WINRESOURCE_FILE})
diff --git a/src/cmake_config.h.in b/src/cmake_config.h.in
index 75e448f79..17d3c2249 100644
--- a/src/cmake_config.h.in
+++ b/src/cmake_config.h.in
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 #define CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME "@PROJECT_NAME@"
 #define CMAKE_VERSION_STRING "@VERSION_STRING@"
+#define CMAKE_PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING "@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@"
 #define CMAKE_RUN_IN_PLACE @RUN_IN_PLACE@
 #define CMAKE_USE_GETTEXT @USE_GETTEXT@
 #define CMAKE_USE_CURL @USE_CURL@
@@ -13,6 +14,11 @@
 #define CMAKE_STATIC_SHAREDIR "@SHAREDIR@"
 #define CMAKE_USE_LEVELDB @USE_LEVELDB@
 #define CMAKE_USE_LUAJIT @USE_LUAJIT@
+#define CMAKE_VERSION_MAJOR @VERSION_MAJOR@
+#define CMAKE_VERSION_MINOR @VERSION_MINOR@
+#define CMAKE_VERSION_PATCH @VERSION_PATCH@
+#define CMAKE_VERSION_PATCH_ORIG @VERSION_PATCH_ORIG@
+#define CMAKE_VERSION_EXTRA_STRING "@VERSION_EXTRA@"
 
 #ifdef NDEBUG
 	#define CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release"
diff --git a/src/config.h b/src/config.h
index 1c0aac4f2..55bbb5bee 100644
--- a/src/config.h
+++ b/src/config.h
@@ -36,6 +36,20 @@
 	#define USE_LEVELDB CMAKE_USE_LEVELDB
 	#undef USE_LUAJIT
 	#define USE_LUAJIT CMAKE_USE_LUAJIT
+	#undef VERSION_MAJOR
+	#define VERSION_MAJOR CMAKE_VERSION_MAJOR
+	#undef VERSION_MINOR
+	#define VERSION_MINOR CMAKE_VERSION_MINOR
+	#undef VERSION_PATCH
+	#define VERSION_PATCH CMAKE_VERSION_PATCH
+	#undef VERSION_PATCH_ORIG
+	#define VERSION_PATCH_ORIG CMAKE_VERSION_PATCH_ORIG
+	#undef VERSION_STRING
+	#define VERSION_STRING CMAKE_VERSION_STRING
+	#undef PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
+	#define PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING CMAKE_PRODUCT_VERSION_STRING
+	#undef VERSION_EXTRA_STRING
+	#define VERSION_EXTRA_STRING CMAKE_VERSION_EXTRA_STRING
 #endif
 
 #endif