diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0267f9da..ce53e317 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -19,5 +19,11 @@ if get_option('buildtype') == 'release'
   lite_link_args += ['-static-libgcc', '-static-libstdc++']
 endif
 
+lite_rc = []
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    windows = import('windows')
+    lite_rc += windows.compile_resources('res.rc')
+endif
+
 subdir('src')
 subdir('tests')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 766219f0..7b293700 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ lite_sources = [
 lite_cdefs += ['-DFONT_RENDERER_HEIGHT_HACK']
 
 executable('lite',
-    lite_sources,
+    lite_sources + lite_rc,
     include_directories: lite_include,
     dependencies: [lua_dep, sdl_dep, libagg_dep, freetype_dep, libm, libdl],
     link_args: lite_link_args,