diff --git a/lib/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
index b72c8f8..e47545a 100644
--- a/lib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,12 +1,20 @@
-add_library(nfs init.c
-                libnfs.c
-                libnfs-sync.c
-                libnfs-zdr.c
-                nfs_v3.c
-                nfs_v4.c
-                pdu.c
-                socket.c)
+set(SOURCES init.c
+            libnfs.c
+            libnfs-sync.c
+            libnfs-zdr.c
+            nfs_v3.c
+            nfs_v4.c
+            pdu.c
+            socket.c
+)
 
+# deal with version info in "dll" case
+if(WIN32 AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
+  configure_file(../win32/version.rc.template version.rc @ONLY)
+  list(APPEND SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/version.rc)
+endif()
+
+add_library(nfs ${SOURCES})
 target_include_directories(nfs PUBLIC ../include)
 target_link_libraries(nfs PUBLIC ${CORE_LIBRARIES} ${SYSTEM_LIBRARIES})
 set_target_properties(nfs PROPERTIES
diff --git a/win32/version.rc.template b/win32/version.rc.template
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f9fdf8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win32/version.rc.template
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include <winver.h>
+
+#define VER_FILEVERSION             @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@,@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@,@PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@,0
+#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR         "@PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@.@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@.@PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@.0\0"
+
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION          @PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@,@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@,@PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@,0
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR      "@PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR@.@PROJECT_VERSION_MINOR@.@PROJECT_VERSION_PATCH@.0\0"
+
+#define VER_PRIVATEBUILD 0
+#define VER_PRERELEASE 0
+
+#ifndef DEBUG
+#define VER_DEBUG                   0
+#else
+#define VER_DEBUG                   VS_FF_DEBUG
+#endif
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEFLAGSMASK   VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+FILEFLAGS       (VER_PRIVATEBUILD|VER_PRERELEASE|VER_DEBUG)
+FILEOS          VOS__WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE        VFT_DLL
+FILESUBTYPE     VFT2_UNKNOWN
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904E4"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName",      "https://github.com/sahlberg/libnfs"
+            VALUE "FileDescription",  "LIBNFS is a client library for accessing NFS shares over a network."
+            VALUE "FileVersion",      VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+            VALUE "InternalName",     "libnfs.dll"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright",   "Copyright (C) 2019"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "libnfs.dll"
+            VALUE "ProductName",      "libnfs"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",   VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
+        END
+    END
+
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        /* The following line should only be modified for localized versions.     */
+        /* It consists of any number of WORD,WORD pairs, with each pair           */
+        /* describing a language,codepage combination supported by the file.      */
+        /*                                                                        */
+        /* For example, a file might have values "0x409,1252" indicating that it  */
+        /* supports English language (0x409) in the Windows ANSI codepage (1252). */
+
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
+
+    END
+END
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