diff --git a/build-dist b/build-dist
index f8f61137..92a62e87 100755
--- a/build-dist
+++ b/build-dist
@@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ build_win32() {
     make clean
   fi
   make -j4
-  strip magicseteditor.exe
-  i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -static -s -o magicseteditor.com ../src/cli/win32_cli_wrapper.cpp win32_res.o
+  i686-w64-mingw32-g++ -static -o magicseteditor.com ../src/cli/win32_cli_wrapper.cpp win32_res.o
 
   popd
 }
@@ -28,7 +27,6 @@ build_linux() {
     make clean
   fi
   make -j4
-  strip magicseteditor
 
   popd
 }
diff --git a/resource/win32_res.rc b/resource/win32_res.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3fa23d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resource/win32_res.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+//+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+//| Description:  Magic Set Editor - Program to make Magic (tm) cards          |
+//| Copyright:    (C) 2001 - 2017 Twan van Laarhoven and "coppro"              |
+//| License:      GNU General Public License 2 or later (see file COPYING)     |
+//+----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
+
+#include <windows.h> // include for version info constants
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------- : Icons
+
+icon/app            ICON  "icon/app.ico" // has to come first in alphabet!!
+icon/installer      ICON  "icon/installer.ico"
+icon/set            ICON  "icon/set.ico"
+icon/symbol         ICON  "icon/symbol.ico"
+
+// -------------------------------------------------------- : Version info
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION    2,0,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION 2,0,0,0
+FILETYPE VFT_APP
+{
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  {
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    {
+      VALUE "FileVersion",      "2.0.0"
+      VALUE "License",        "GNU General Public License 2 or later; This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; See the help file for details"
+      VALUE "FileDescription",    "Magic Set Editor"
+      VALUE "InternalName",      "magicseteditor"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright",    "\xA9 2001-2011 Twan van Laarhoven and 'coppro'"
+      VALUE "ProductName",      "Magic Set Editor"
+    }
+  }
+}
+