diff --git a/src/app/app.pro b/src/app/app.pro
index 1414e7d7fca..ed2de942343 100644
--- a/src/app/app.pro
+++ b/src/app/app.pro
@@ -23,9 +23,11 @@ win32 {
     # We need the version in two separate formats for the .rc file
     #  RC_VERSION=4,3,82,0 (quadruple)
     #  RC_VERSION_STRING="4.4.0-beta1" (free text)
+    # Also, we need to replace space with \x20 to be able to work with both rc and windres
+    COPYRIGHT = "2008-$${QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd"
     DEFINES += RC_VERSION=$$replace(QTCREATOR_VERSION, "\\.", ","),0 \
-        RC_VERSION_STRING=\\\"$${QTCREATOR_DISPLAY_VERSION}\\\" \
-        RC_COPYRIGHT='"\\\"2008-$${QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd\\\""'
+        RC_VERSION_STRING=\"$${QTCREATOR_DISPLAY_VERSION}\" \
+        RC_COPYRIGHT=\"$$replace(COPYRIGHT, " ", "\\x20")\"
     RC_FILE = qtcreator.rc
 } else:macx {
     LIBS += -framework CoreFoundation
diff --git a/src/app/app.qbs b/src/app/app.qbs
index b3023fcbe74..b67ff28a2c4 100644
--- a/src/app/app.qbs
+++ b/src/app/app.qbs
@@ -54,9 +54,11 @@ QtcProduct {
         // We need the version in two separate formats for the .rc file
         //  RC_VERSION=4,3,82,0 (quadruple)
         //  RC_VERSION_STRING="4.4.0-beta1" (free text)
+        // Also, we need to replace space with \x20 to be able to work with both rc and windres
         cpp.defines: outer.concat(["RC_VERSION=" + qtc.qtcreator_version.replace(/\./g, ",") + ",0",
-                                   "RC_VERSION_STRING=\"" + qtc.qtcreator_display_version + "\"",
-                                   "RC_COPYRIGHT=\"2008-" + qtc.qtcreator_copyright_year + " The Qt Company Ltd\""])
+                                   "RC_VERSION_STRING=" + qtc.qtcreator_display_version,
+                                   "RC_COPYRIGHT=2008-" + qtc.qtcreator_copyright_year
+                                   + " The Qt Company Ltd".replace(/ /g, "\\x20")])
         files: "qtcreator.rc"
     }
 
diff --git a/src/app/qtcreator.rc b/src/app/qtcreator.rc
index 89f03c4708c..bcc6e7f8ab8 100644
--- a/src/app/qtcreator.rc
+++ b/src/app/qtcreator.rc
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 
+#define STRINGIFY1(x) #x
+#define STRINGIFY(x) STRINGIFY1(x)
+
 IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "qtcreator.ico"
 IDI_ICON2               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/c.ico"
 IDI_ICON3               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/cpp.ico"
@@ -19,10 +22,10 @@ VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
        BLOCK "040904E4"
        {
           VALUE "FileDescription", "Qt Creator"
-          VALUE "FileVersion", RC_VERSION_STRING
+          VALUE "FileVersion", STRINGIFY(RC_VERSION_STRING)
           VALUE "ProductName", "Qt Creator"
-          VALUE "ProductVersion", RC_VERSION_STRING
-          VALUE "LegalCopyright", RC_COPYRIGHT
+          VALUE "ProductVersion", STRINGIFY(RC_VERSION_STRING)
+          VALUE "LegalCopyright", STRINGIFY(RC_COPYRIGHT)
         }
     }
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"