diff --git a/gui/cppcheck-gui.rc b/gui/cppcheck-gui.rc
index 7f1a13da4..1c3ce52df 100644
--- a/gui/cppcheck-gui.rc
+++ b/gui/cppcheck-gui.rc
@@ -1,2 +1,5 @@
-// Windows resource file
+// Include command line program's resource file containing version info etc.
+#include "..\src\cppcheck.rc"
+
+// GUI Icon
 IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "cppcheck.ico"