diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4e9eb5da5c..feb3c8a30c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -49,8 +49,14 @@ targetos = host_machine.system()
 m = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 util = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
 socket = []
+version_res = []
 if targetos == 'windows'
   socket = cc.find_library('ws2_32')
+
+  win = import('windows')
+  version_res = win.compile_resources('version.rc',
+                                      depend_files: files('pc-bios/qemu-nsis.ico'),
+                                      include_directories: include_directories('.'))
 endif
 glib = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['GLIB_CFLAGS'].split(),
                           link_args: config_host['GLIB_LIBS'].split())
@@ -235,7 +241,7 @@ libqemuutil = static_library('qemuutil',
                              sources: util_ss.sources() + stub_ss.sources() + genh,
                              dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), m, glib, socket])
 qemuutil = declare_dependency(link_with: libqemuutil,
-                              sources: genh)
+                              sources: genh + version_res)
 
 summary_info = {}
 summary_info += {'Install prefix':    config_host['prefix']}