diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 11d2e50a42..b6b9142fcb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -164,10 +164,26 @@ endif ()
 
 set_target_properties(_CuraEngine PROPERTIES COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "VERSION=\"${CURA_ENGINE_VERSION}\"")
 
+if(WIN32)
+  message(STATUS "Using windres")
+  set(RES_FILES "CuraEngine.rc")
+  set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER_INIT windres)
+  ENABLE_LANGUAGE(RC)
+  SET(CMAKE_RC_COMPILE_OBJECT
+      "<CMAKE_RC_COMPILER> <FLAGS> -O coff <DEFINES> -i <SOURCE> -o <OBJECT>"
+      )
+endif(WIN32)
+
 if (UNIX)
     target_link_libraries(_CuraEngine pthread)
 endif()
-add_executable(CuraEngine src/main.cpp) #Then compile main.cpp as separate executable, and link the library to it.
+
+if (NOT WIN32)
+  add_executable(CuraEngine src/main.cpp) # Then compile main.cpp as separate executable, and link the library to it.
+else()
+  add_executable(CuraEngine src/main.cpp ${RES_FILES}) # ..., but don't forget the glitter!
+endif(NOT WIN32)
+
 target_link_libraries(CuraEngine _CuraEngine)
 
 # Compiling the test environment.
diff --git a/CuraEngine.ico b/CuraEngine.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..568c0a7237
Binary files /dev/null and b/CuraEngine.ico differ
diff --git a/CuraEngine.rc b/CuraEngine.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c22aaae59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/CuraEngine.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+main ICON "CuraEngine.ico"
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     1,0,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  1,0,0,0
+BEGIN
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "080904E4"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "Ultimaker BV."
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "Slicing engine for Cura"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "1.0"
+      VALUE "InternalName", "CuraEngine"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Ultimaker BV."
+      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "CuraEngine.exe"
+      VALUE "ProductName", "CuraEngine"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "1.0"
+    END
+  END
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1252
+  END
+END