diff --git a/gio/gio.rc.in b/gio/gio.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ad7cd51e
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+++ b/gio/gio.rc.in
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+#include <winver.h>
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+  FILEVERSION @GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GLIB_MINOR_VERSION@,@GLIB_MICRO_VERSION@,0
+  PRODUCTVERSION @GLIB_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GLIB_MINOR_VERSION@,@GLIB_MICRO_VERSION@,0
+  FILEFLAGSMASK 0
+  FILEFLAGS 0
+  FILEOS VOS__WINDOWS32
+  FILETYPE VFT_DLL
+  FILESUBTYPE VFT2_UNKNOWN
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      BLOCK "040904B0"
+      BEGIN
+	VALUE "CompanyName", "The GLib developer community"
+	VALUE "FileDescription", "Gio"
+	VALUE "FileVersion", "@GLIB_VERSION@.0"
+	VALUE "InternalName", "libgio-2.0-@LT_CURRENT_MINUS_AGE@"
+	VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright © 2006-2007 Red Hat, Inc. Modified by the GLib Team and others 2006-2008."
+	VALUE "OriginalFilename", "libgio-2.0-@LT_CURRENT_MINUS_AGE@.dll"
+	VALUE "ProductName", "GLib"
+	VALUE "ProductVersion", "@GLIB_VERSION@"
+      END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+  END