diff --git a/cmake/Macros.cmake b/cmake/Macros.cmake
index 36fc5bab..4f5c094b 100644
--- a/cmake/Macros.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Macros.cmake
@@ -74,6 +74,26 @@ macro(sfml_add_library target)
             # include the major version number in Windows shared library names (but not import library names)
             set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX -d)
             set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES SUFFIX "-${VERSION_MAJOR}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+
+            # fill out all variables we use to generate the .rc file
+            string(TIMESTAMP RC_CURRENT_YEAR "%Y")
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "sfml-([a-z])([a-z]*)" "\\1" RC_MODULE_NAME_HEAD "${target}")
+            string(REGEX REPLACE "sfml-([a-z])([a-z]*)" "\\2" RC_MODULE_NAME_TAIL "${target}")
+            string(TOUPPER "${RC_MODULE_NAME_HEAD}" RC_MODULE_NAME_HEAD)
+            set(RC_MODULE_NAME "${RC_MODULE_NAME_HEAD}${RC_MODULE_NAME_TAIL}")
+            set(RC_VERSION_SUFFIX "") # Add something like the git revision short SHA-1 in the future
+            set(RC_PRERELEASE "0") # Set to 1 to mark the DLL as a pre-release DLL
+            set(RC_TARGET_NAME "${target}")
+            set(RC_TARGET_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX "-${VERSION_MAJOR}${CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SUFFIX}")
+
+            # generate the .rc file
+            configure_file(
+                "${SFML_SOURCE_DIR}/tools/windows/resource.rc.in"
+                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.rc"
+                @ONLY
+            )
+            target_sources(${target} PRIVATE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.rc")
+            source_group("" FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${target}.rc")
         else()
             set_target_properties(${target} PROPERTIES DEBUG_POSTFIX -d)
         endif()
diff --git a/tools/windows/resource.rc.in b/tools/windows/resource.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..944fcc93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/windows/resource.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#include "winresrc.h"
+
+#define VER_COMPANYNAME_STR      "\0"
+#define VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR   "Copyright (C) 2007-@RC_CURRENT_YEAR@ Laurent Gomila\0"
+#define VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR  "SFML @RC_MODULE_NAME@ Module\0"
+#define VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR      "Simple and Fast Multimedia Library\0"
+
+#define VER_FILEVERSION          @VERSION_MAJOR@,@VERSION_MINOR@,@VERSION_PATCH@,0
+#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR      "@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@.@VERSION_PATCH@@RC_VERSION_SUFFIX@\0"
+
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION       @VERSION_MAJOR@,@VERSION_MINOR@,@VERSION_PATCH@,0
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR   "@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@.@VERSION_PATCH@@RC_VERSION_SUFFIX@\0"
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+    #define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR     "@RC_TARGET_NAME@@RC_TARGET_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX@\0"
+    #define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR "@RC_TARGET_NAME@@RC_TARGET_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX@\0"
+#else
+    #define VER_INTERNALNAME_STR     "@RC_TARGET_NAME@-d@RC_TARGET_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX@\0"
+    #define VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR "@RC_TARGET_NAME@-d@RC_TARGET_FILE_NAME_SUFFIX@\0"
+#endif
+
+#if @RC_PRERELEASE@
+    #define VER_PRERELEASE 0
+#else
+    #define VER_PRERELEASE VS_FF_PRERELEASE
+#endif
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+    #define VER_DEBUG 0
+#else
+    #define VER_DEBUG VS_FF_DEBUG
+#endif
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEFLAGSMASK   VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+FILEFLAGS       (VER_PRERELEASE | VER_DEBUG)
+FILEOS          VOS_NT
+FILETYPE        VFT_DLL
+FILESUBTYPE     VFT2_UNKNOWN
+
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName",      VER_COMPANYNAME_STR
+            VALUE "FileDescription",  VER_FILEDESCRIPTION_STR
+            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+            VALUE "InternalName",     VER_INTERNALNAME_STR
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   VER_LEGALCOPYRIGHT_STR
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINALFILENAME_STR
+            VALUE "ProductName",      VER_PRODUCTNAME_STR
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
+        END
+    END
+
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252 //en-US
+    END
+END