diff --git a/icinga-app/CMakeLists.txt b/icinga-app/CMakeLists.txt
index 74d0518e7..ee6eceff6 100644
--- a/icinga-app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/icinga-app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@
 # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation
 # Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
 
-add_executable(icinga-app icinga.cpp)
+if(MSVC)
+  set(WindowsSources icinga.rc)
+else()
+  set(WindowsSources "")
+endif()
+
+add_executable(icinga-app icinga.cpp ${WindowsSources})
 
 include_directories(${Boost_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 target_link_libraries(icinga-app ${Boost_LIBRARIES} base config)
diff --git a/icinga-app/icinga.ico b/icinga-app/icinga.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ff7e9029
Binary files /dev/null and b/icinga-app/icinga.ico differ
diff --git a/icinga-app/icinga.rc b/icinga-app/icinga.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d7f64722
--- /dev/null
+++ b/icinga-app/icinga.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+#include "icinga-version.h"
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+
+100 ICON "icinga.ico"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION 1,0,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION 1,0,0,0
+FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE VFT_APP
+FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
+BEGIN
+	BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		BLOCK "040904E4"
+		BEGIN
+			VALUE "CompanyName", "Icinga Development Team"
+			VALUE "FileDescription", "Icinga 2"
+			VALUE "FileVersion", VERSION
+			VALUE "InternalName", "icinga2.exe"
+			VALUE "LegalCopyright", "© Icinga Development Team"
+			VALUE "OriginalFilename", "icinga2.exe"
+			VALUE "ProductName", "Icinga 2"
+			VALUE "ProductVersion", VERSION
+		END
+	END
+	
+	BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 0x04E4
+	END
+END
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