diff --git a/src/lime/tools/MetaData.hx b/src/lime/tools/MetaData.hx
index 2e859905ae..f06a76b20d 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/MetaData.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/MetaData.hx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ abstract MetaData({
 	@:optional var packageName:String;
 	@:optional var title:String;
 	@:optional var version:String;
+	@:optional var copyrightYears:String;
 }) from Dynamic
 {
 	@:noCompletion
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@ abstract MetaData({
 		description: "",
 		packageName: "",
 		title: "",
-		version: ""
+		version: "",
+		copyrightYears: ""
 	};
 }
diff --git a/src/lime/tools/ProjectXMLParser.hx b/src/lime/tools/ProjectXMLParser.hx
index 687015c776..eea8c59966 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/ProjectXMLParser.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/ProjectXMLParser.hx
@@ -683,7 +683,7 @@ class ProjectXMLParser extends HXProject
 		{
 			switch (attribute)
 			{
-				case "title", "description", "package", "version", "company", "company-id", "build-number", "company-url":
+				case "title", "description", "package", "version", "company", "company-id", "build-number", "company-url", "copyright-years":
 					var value = substitute(element.att.resolve(attribute));
 
 					defines.set("APP_" + StringTools.replace(attribute, "-", "_").toUpperCase(), value);
@@ -1738,7 +1738,7 @@ class ProjectXMLParser extends HXProject
 
 							case "gradle-version":
 								config.set("android.gradle-version", value);
-							
+
 							case "gradle-plugin":
 								config.set("android.gradle-plugin", value);
 
diff --git a/templates/windows/resource/ApplicationMain.rc b/templates/windows/resource/ApplicationMain.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2d12ca8ef6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/windows/resource/ApplicationMain.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#include "winres.h"
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_UK
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+	FILEVERSION ::VERSION_NUMBER::
+	PRODUCTVERSION ::VERSION_NUMBER::
+	FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+	FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+	FILEOS 0x40004L
+	FILETYPE 0x2L
+	FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+
+BEGIN
+	BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		BLOCK "040904b0"
+		BEGIN
+			VALUE "CompanyName", "::APP_COMPANY::"
+			VALUE "FileDescription", "::APP_DESCRIPTION::"
+			VALUE "FileVersion", "::FILE_VERSION::"
+			VALUE "InternalName", "::APP_FILE::"
+			VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) ::APP_COPYRIGHT_YEARS:: ::APP_COMPANY::"
+			VALUE "OriginalFilename", "::APP_FILE::"
+			VALUE "ProductName", "::APP_PACKAGE::"
+			VALUE "ProductVersion", "::FILE_VERSION::"
+		END
+	END
+	BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+	BEGIN
+		VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+	END
+END
diff --git a/tools/platforms/WindowsPlatform.hx b/tools/platforms/WindowsPlatform.hx
index 8355c7077e..46c8f6ec1c 100644
--- a/tools/platforms/WindowsPlatform.hx
+++ b/tools/platforms/WindowsPlatform.hx
@@ -549,8 +549,8 @@ class WindowsPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				var haxeArgs = [hxml];
-				var flags = [];
+				var haxeArgs = [hxml, "-D", "resourceFile=ApplicationMain.rc"];
+				var flags = ["-DresourceFile=ApplicationMain.rc"];
 
 				if (is64)
 				{
@@ -679,6 +679,29 @@ class WindowsPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 		}
 		else
 		{
+			if (targetType == "cpp")
+			{
+				if (context.APP_DESCRIPTION == null || context.APP_DESCRIPTION == "")
+				{
+					context.APP_DESCRIPTION = project.meta.title;
+				}
+
+				if (context.APP_COPYRIGHT_YEARS == null || context.APP_COPYRIGHT_YEARS == "")
+				{
+					context.APP_COPYRIGHT_YEARS = Std.string(Date.now().getFullYear());
+				}
+
+				var versionParts = project.meta.version.split(".");
+
+				if (versionParts.length == 3)
+				{
+					versionParts.push("0");
+				}
+
+				context.FILE_VERSION = versionParts.join(".");
+				context.VERSION_NUMBER = versionParts.join(",");
+			}
+
 			context.NEKO_FILE = targetDirectory + "/obj/ApplicationMain.n";
 			context.NODE_FILE = targetDirectory + "/bin/ApplicationMain.js";
 			context.HL_FILE = targetDirectory + "/obj/ApplicationMain" + (project.defines.exists("hlc") ? ".c" : ".hl");
@@ -987,9 +1010,14 @@ class WindowsPlatform extends PlatformTarget
 			ProjectHelper.recursiveSmartCopyTemplate(project, "winrt/temp", targetDirectory + "/haxe/temp", context, false, true);
 			ProjectHelper.recursiveSmartCopyTemplate(project, "winrt/scripts", targetDirectory + "/scripts", context, true, true);
 		}
-		else if (targetType == "cpp" && project.targetFlags.exists("static"))
+		else if (targetType == "cpp")
 		{
-			ProjectHelper.recursiveSmartCopyTemplate(project, "cpp/static", targetDirectory + "/obj", context);
+			ProjectHelper.recursiveSmartCopyTemplate(project, "windows/resource", targetDirectory + "/obj", context);
+
+			if (project.targetFlags.exists("static"))
+			{
+				ProjectHelper.recursiveSmartCopyTemplate(project, "cpp/static", targetDirectory + "/obj", context);
+			}
 		}
 
 		/*if (IconHelper.createIcon (project.icons, 32, 32, Path.combine (applicationDirectory, "icon.png"))) {