diff --git a/Buildscr b/Buildscr
index f6eb4c1..8781b86 100644
--- a/Buildscr
+++ b/Buildscr
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ in puzzles do perl -e 'print "\n\\versionid Simon Tatham'\''s Portable Puzzle Co
 # Write out a version.h that contains the real version number.
 in puzzles do echo '/* Generated by automated build script */' > version.h
 in puzzles do echo '$#define VER "Version $(Version)"' >> version.h
+in puzzles do perl -e '$$ARGV[0] =~ m{(....)(..)(..)} or die; print "$#define VERSIONINFO_BINARY_VERSION 1,$$1,$$2,$$3\n"' $(!builddate) >> version.h
 
 # And do the same substitution in the OS X metadata. (This is a bit
 # icky in principle because it presumes that my version numbers don't
diff --git a/cmake/platforms/windows.cmake b/cmake/platforms/windows.cmake
index 5a0cf18..b34fc09 100644
--- a/cmake/platforms/windows.cmake
+++ b/cmake/platforms/windows.cmake
@@ -43,10 +43,48 @@ function(set_platform_gui_target_properties TARGET)
   set_target_properties(${TARGET} PROPERTIES WIN32_EXECUTABLE ON)
 endfunction()
 
+# Escape a string to make it into a C string literal. Used for textual
+# #defines to put into VERSIONINFO resources.
+function(c_string_escape outvar value)
+  string(REPLACE "\\" "\\\\" value "${value}")
+  string(REPLACE "\"" "\\\"" value "${value}")
+  set("${outvar}" "${value}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+endfunction()
+
+# Set the character set for resource files, because we're going to use
+# a copyright sign in ours.
+if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC" OR
+   CMAKE_C_COMPILER_FRONTEND_VARIANT MATCHES "MSVC")
+  set(CMAKE_RC_FLAGS "${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS} /nologo /C1252")
+else()
+  set(CMAKE_RC_FLAGS "${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS} -c1252")
+endif()
+
+# Get the first line of LICENCE to put into VERSIONINFO resources.
+file(READ "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LICENCE" LICENCE_TEXT)
+set(copyright_regex "This software is copyright ([^\n]*[^\n.])\\.?\n")
+string(REGEX MATCH "${copyright_regex}" COPYRIGHT_NOTICE "${LICENCE_TEXT}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "${copyright_regex}" "\\1"
+  COPYRIGHT_NOTICE "${COPYRIGHT_NOTICE}")
+c_string_escape(COPYRIGHT_NOTICE "Copyright ${COPYRIGHT_NOTICE}")
+string(REGEX REPLACE "\\([Cc]\\)" "\\\\251"
+  COPYRIGHT_NOTICE "${COPYRIGHT_NOTICE}")
+
 function(set_platform_puzzle_target_properties NAME TARGET)
   if(DEFINED ICO_DIR AND EXISTS ${ICO_DIR}/${NAME}.ico)
     target_compile_definitions(${TARGET} PRIVATE ICON_FILE=\"${ICO_DIR}/${NAME}.ico\")
   endif()
+
+  file(MAKE_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/${NAME})
+  c_string_escape(QUOTED_DESCRIPTION "${OPT_DESCRIPTION}")
+  file(WRITE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/${NAME}/gamedetails.h" "\
+/* #defines for ${name}'s VERSIONINFO */
+#define VERSIONINFO_GAMENAME \"${NAME}\"
+#define VERSIONINFO_GAMEDESC \"${QUOTED_DESCRIPTION}\"
+#define VERSIONINFO_EXENAME \"${TARGET}\"
+#define VERSIONINFO_COPYRIGHT \"${COPYRIGHT_NOTICE}\"
+")
+  target_include_directories(${TARGET} PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/include/${NAME})
 endfunction()
 
 function(build_platform_extras)
diff --git a/cmake/toolchain-mingw.cmake b/cmake/toolchain-mingw.cmake
index 68ee249..a00fc7d 100644
--- a/cmake/toolchain-mingw.cmake
+++ b/cmake/toolchain-mingw.cmake
@@ -8,5 +8,3 @@ set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER  x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc)
 set(CMAKE_RC_COMPILER x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres)
 set(CMAKE_AR          x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar)
 set(CMAKE_RANLIB      x86_64-w64-mingw32-ranlib)
-
-add_compile_definitions(MINGW32_FIX)
diff --git a/puzzles.rc b/puzzles.rc
index d566478..3f5d137 100644
--- a/puzzles.rc
+++ b/puzzles.rc
@@ -1,12 +1,39 @@
 /* Windows resource file for all puzzles. */
 
+#include "version.h"
+#include "gamedetails.h"
+
 #if defined ICON_FILE
 200 ICON ICON_FILE
-#else
-#ifdef MINGW32_FIX
-/* XXX The MinGW toolchain (specifically, windres) doesn't like a resource
- * file with no resources. Give it a dummy one.
- * This can go if/when VERSIONINFO resources are added. */
-200 RCDATA { 0 }
-#endif
 #endif
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION	VERSIONINFO_BINARY_VERSION      /* version of this file */
+PRODUCTVERSION	VERSIONINFO_BINARY_VERSION	/* version of whole suite */
+FILEFLAGSMASK	0
+FILEFLAGS	0
+FILEOS		4 /* Win32 */
+FILETYPE	1 /* application */
+FILESUBTYPE	0 /* applications have no subtypes */
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+	/* "lang-charset" LLLLCCCC = (UK English, Unicode) */
+	BLOCK "080904B0"
+	BEGIN
+	    VALUE "CompanyName",	L"Simon Tatham"
+	    VALUE "ProductName",	L"Portable Puzzle Collection"
+	    VALUE "FileDescription",	VERSIONINFO_GAMEDESC
+	    VALUE "InternalName",	VERSIONINFO_GAMENAME
+	    VALUE "OriginalFilename",	VERSIONINFO_EXENAME
+	    VALUE "FileVersion",	VER
+	    VALUE "ProductVersion",	VER
+	    VALUE "LegalCopyright",	VERSIONINFO_COPYRIGHT
+	END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+	/* Once again -- same meanings -- apparently necessary */
+	VALUE "Translation", 0x809, 1200
+    END
+END
diff --git a/version.h b/version.h
index 997e005..20d2800 100644
--- a/version.h
+++ b/version.h
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
  */
 
 #define VER "Unidentified build"
+
+#define VERSIONINFO_BINARY_VERSION 0,0,0,0