diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ffd2eda..7396623 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -28,3 +28,4 @@ test/iterate
 test/case
 test/custom
 /tmp/
+/build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7e8be20..35ef639 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,11 +15,19 @@ set(SO_PATCH 1)
 
 option(UTF8PROC_INSTALL "Enable installation of utf8proc" On)
 
-add_library (utf8proc
+set(UTF8PROC_FILES
   utf8proc.c
   utf8proc.h
 )
 
+if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND MSVC)
+  set(UTF8PROC_WINDLL_SRCS
+    win32/utf8proc.rc
+  )
+endif ()
+
+add_library (utf8proc ${UTF8PROC_FILES} ${UTF8PROC_WINDLL_SRCS})
+
 # expose header path, for when this is part of a larger cmake project
 target_include_directories(utf8proc PUBLIC ../utf8proc)
 
diff --git a/utf8proc.h b/utf8proc.h
index 490200f..3affa7a 100644
--- a/utf8proc.h
+++ b/utf8proc.h
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@
 /** The PATCH version (increased for fixes that do not change the API). */
 #define UTF8PROC_VERSION_PATCH 0
 /** @} */
+#define UTF8PROC_VERSION_NUMBER "2.4.0\0"
 
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
diff --git a/win32/utf8proc.rc b/win32/utf8proc.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b57976
--- /dev/null
+++ b/win32/utf8proc.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#include <winver.h>
+#include "../utf8proc.h"
+
+#ifdef GCC_WINDRES
+VS_VERSION_INFO		VERSIONINFO
+#else
+VS_VERSION_INFO		VERSIONINFO	MOVEABLE IMPURE LOADONCALL DISCARDABLE
+#endif
+  FILEVERSION		UTF8PROC_VERSION_MAJOR,UTF8PROC_VERSION_MINOR,UTF8PROC_VERSION_PATCH,0
+  PRODUCTVERSION	UTF8PROC_VERSION_MAJOR,UTF8PROC_VERSION_MINOR,UTF8PROC_VERSION_PATCH,0
+  FILEFLAGSMASK		VS_FFI_FILEFLAGSMASK
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+  FILEFLAGS		1
+#else
+  FILEFLAGS		0
+#endif
+  FILEOS		VOS__WINDOWS32
+  FILETYPE		VFT_DLL
+  FILESUBTYPE		0	// not used
+BEGIN
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    //language ID = U.S. English, char set = Windows, Multilingual
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "CompanyName",	"JuliaStrings\0"
+      VALUE "FileDescription",	"utf8proc library\0"
+      VALUE "FileVersion",	UTF8PROC_VERSION_NUMBER
+      VALUE "InternalName",	"utf8proc.dll\0"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright",	"(C) Jan Behrens and the rest of the Public Software Group\0"
+      VALUE "OriginalFilename",	"utf8proc.dll\0"
+      VALUE "ProductName",	"utf8proc\0"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion",	UTF8PROC_VERSION_NUMBER
+      VALUE "Comments",		"For more information visit https://github.com/JuliaStrings/utf8proc/\0"
+    END
+  END
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252
+  END
+END