diff --git a/src/app/app.pro b/src/app/app.pro
index 58dca7ba050..1414e7d7fca 100644
--- a/src/app/app.pro
+++ b/src/app/app.pro
@@ -20,6 +20,12 @@ QT_BREAKPAD_ROOT_PATH = $$(QT_BREAKPAD_ROOT_PATH)
     include($$QT_BREAKPAD_ROOT_PATH/qtbreakpad.pri)
 }
 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)
+    DEFINES += RC_VERSION=$$replace(QTCREATOR_VERSION, "\\.", ","),0 \
+        RC_VERSION_STRING=\\\"$${QTCREATOR_DISPLAY_VERSION}\\\" \
+        RC_COPYRIGHT='"\\\"2008-$${QTCREATOR_COPYRIGHT_YEAR} The Qt Company Ltd\\\""'
     RC_FILE = qtcreator.rc
 } else:macx {
     LIBS += -framework CoreFoundation
diff --git a/src/app/app.qbs b/src/app/app.qbs
index 0af41ca20d9..b3023fcbe74 100644
--- a/src/app/app.qbs
+++ b/src/app/app.qbs
@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ QtcProduct {
         "Info.plist",
         "main.cpp",
         "qtcreator.xcassets",
-        "qtcreator.rc",
         "../shared/qtsingleapplication/qtsingleapplication.h",
         "../shared/qtsingleapplication/qtsingleapplication.cpp",
         "../shared/qtsingleapplication/qtlocalpeer.h",
@@ -51,6 +50,16 @@ QtcProduct {
         "../tools/qtcreatorcrashhandler/crashhandlersetup.h"
     ]
 
+    Group {
+        // 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)
+        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\""])
+        files: "qtcreator.rc"
+    }
+
     Group {
         name: "qtcreator.sh"
         condition: qbs.targetOS.contains("unix") && !qbs.targetOS.contains("macos")
diff --git a/src/app/qtcreator.rc b/src/app/qtcreator.rc
index b23a85f3222..89f03c4708c 100644
--- a/src/app/qtcreator.rc
+++ b/src/app/qtcreator.rc
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#include <windows.h>
+
 IDI_ICON1               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "qtcreator.ico"
 IDI_ICON2               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/c.ico"
 IDI_ICON3               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/cpp.ico"
@@ -6,3 +8,25 @@ IDI_ICON5               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/ui.ico"
 IDI_ICON6               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/pro.ico"
 IDI_ICON7               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/pri.ico"
 IDI_ICON8               ICON    DISCARDABLE     "winicons/qml.ico"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+    FILEVERSION    RC_VERSION
+    PRODUCTVERSION RC_VERSION
+{
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    {
+       // U.S. English - Windows, Multilingual
+       BLOCK "040904E4"
+       {
+          VALUE "FileDescription", "Qt Creator"
+          VALUE "FileVersion", RC_VERSION_STRING
+          VALUE "ProductName", "Qt Creator"
+          VALUE "ProductVersion", RC_VERSION_STRING
+          VALUE "LegalCopyright", RC_COPYRIGHT
+        }
+    }
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    {
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252 // 1252 = 0x04E4
+    }
+}