diff --git a/build-aux/win32/lib.rc.in b/build-aux/win32/lib.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0dac990ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build-aux/win32/lib.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#pragma code_page(65001)
+
+#define WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
+#include <windows.h>
+
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+  FILEVERSION            @MAJOR@,@MINOR@,@MICRO@,0
+  PRODUCTVERSION         @MAJOR@,@MINOR@,@MICRO@,0
+  FILEFLAGSMASK          0
+  FILEFLAGS              0
+  FILEOS                 VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+  FILETYPE               VFT_DLL
+  FILESUBTYPE            VFT2_UNKNOWN
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      BLOCK "040904B0"
+      BEGIN
+        VALUE "CompanyName",        "The GLib developer community"
+        VALUE "FileDescription",    "@DESCRIPTION@"
+        VALUE "FileVersion",        "@MAJOR@.@MINOR@.@MICRO@"
+        VALUE "InternalName",       "@NAME@"
+        VALUE "LegalCopyright",     "© @COPYRIGHTYEAR@ the GLib developer community. © 1995-2011 Peter Mattis, Spencer Kimball, Josh MacDonald and others."
+        VALUE "OriginalFilename",   "@FILENAME@"
+        VALUE "ProductName",        "GLib"
+        VALUE "ProductVersion",     "@MAJOR@.@MINOR@.@MICRO@"
+      END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+  END
diff --git a/build-aux/win32/meson.build b/build-aux/win32/meson.build
index 820b6514f..cf8c56ffa 100644
--- a/build-aux/win32/meson.build
+++ b/build-aux/win32/meson.build
@@ -12,3 +12,12 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
 else
   app_profile_dep = declare_dependency()
 endif
+
+rc_conf_base = configuration_data({
+  'MAJOR': major_version,
+  'MINOR': minor_version,
+  'MICRO': micro_version,
+  'COPYRIGHTYEAR': '2025',
+})
+
+lib_rc_in = files('lib.rc.in')