diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index fb668b4..6e4ffa7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,7 +29,12 @@ SET(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules/")
 # Options
 SET(LIBNFC_DEBUG_OUTPUT OFF CACHE BOOL "Debug output of communication with the NFC chip")
 IF(LIBNFC_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDEBUG -DLOG -g3)
+  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DDEBUG -DLOG)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-g3 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  SET(WIN32_MODE "debug")
+  SET(CMAKE_RC_FLAGS "-D_DEBUG ${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS}")
+ELSE(LIBNFC_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
+  SET(WIN32_MODE "release")
 ENDIF(LIBNFC_DEBUG_OUTPUT)
 
 # Doxygen
@@ -58,7 +63,7 @@ ENDIF(NOT DEFINED SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX)
 # Additonnal GCC flags
 IF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
   # Make sure we will not miss some warnings ;)
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Wall -pedantic -std=c99)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-Wall -pedantic -std=c99 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
 ENDIF(CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCC)
 
 # Workarounds for libusb in C99
@@ -66,9 +71,11 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(-Du_int8_t=uint8_t -Du_int16_t=uint16_t)
 
 IF(MINGW)
   # force MinGW-w64 in 32bit mode
-  ADD_DEFINITIONS(-m32)
-  SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS -m32)
-  SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS -m32)
+  SET(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "-m32 ${CMAKE_C_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "-m32 --enable-stdcall-fixup ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS "-m32 --enable-stdcall-fixup ${CMAKE_SHARED_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "-m32 --enable-stdcall-fixup ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS}")
+  SET(CMAKE_RC_FLAGS "--target=pe-i386 --output-format=coff ${CMAKE_RC_FLAGS}")
 ENDIF(MINGW)
 
 IF(NOT WIN32)
@@ -107,6 +114,23 @@ IF(LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS)
   LINK_DIRECTORIES(${LIBUSB_LIBRARY_DIRS})
 ENDIF(LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS)
 
+# version.rc for Windows
+IF(WIN32)
+  # Date for filling in rc file information
+  MACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR RESULT)
+    EXECUTE_PROCESS(COMMAND "cmd" " /C date /T" OUTPUT_VARIABLE ${RESULT})
+    STRING(REGEX REPLACE ".*(..)/(..)/(....).*" "\\3" ${RESULT} ${${RESULT}})
+  ENDMACRO (GET_CURRENT_YEAR)
+  GET_CURRENT_YEAR(CURRENT_YEAR)
+  MESSAGE("Year for copyright is " ${CURRENT_YEAR})
+
+  SET(RC_COMMENT "${PACKAGE_NAME} library")
+  SET(RC_INTERNAL_NAME "${PACKAGE_NAME} ${WIN32_MODE}")
+  SET(RC_ORIGINAL_NAME ${PACKAGE_NAME}.dll)
+  SET(RC_FILE_TYPE VFT_DLL)
+  CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/windows/version.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/windows/libnfc.rc @ONLY)
+ENDIF(WIN32)
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libnfc)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(utils)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 60eb8e1..1153f2d 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,18 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../libnfc)
 
 # Examples
 FOREACH(source ${EXAMPLES-SOURCES})
-  ADD_EXECUTABLE(${source} ${source}.c)
+  SET (TARGETS ${source}.c)
+
+  IF(WIN32)
+    SET(RC_COMMENT "${PACKAGE_NAME} example")
+    SET(RC_INTERNAL_NAME ${source})
+    SET(RC_ORIGINAL_NAME ${source}.exe)
+    SET(RC_FILE_TYPE VFT_APP)
+    CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../windows/version.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../windows/${source}.rc @ONLY)
+    LIST(APPEND TARGETS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../windows/${source}.rc)
+  ENDIF(WIN32)
+
+  ADD_EXECUTABLE(${source} ${TARGETS})
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${source} nfc)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${source} nfcutils)
   INSTALL(TARGETS ${source} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT examples)
diff --git a/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt b/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bed790..ef666ee 100644
--- a/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libnfc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Windows MinGW workarounds
 IF(WIN32)
-  message("Adding in contrib win32 sources")
   SET(WINDOWS_SOURCES ../contrib/win32/stdlib)
   INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../contrib/win32)
-  message("Win32: " ${WINDOWS_SOURCES})
+
+  # Add in the rc for version information in the dll
+  LIST(APPEND WINDOWS_SOURCES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../windows/libnfc.rc)
 ENDIF(WIN32)
 
 # Library's chips
@@ -52,16 +53,22 @@ IF(LIBUSB_FOUND)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc ${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES})
 ENDIF(LIBUSB_FOUND)
 
-IF(WIN32)
-  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc wsock32)
-ENDIF(WIN32)
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(nfc PROPERTIES SOVERSION 0)
 
 IF(WIN32)
+  # Libraries that are windows specific
+  TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc wsock32)
   IF(PCRE_FOUND)
     TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfc ${PCRE_LIBRARIES})
   ENDIF(PCRE_FOUND)
 
+  ADD_CUSTOM_COMMAND(
+    OUTPUT libnfc.lib
+    COMMAND dlltool -d ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../windows/win32/nfc.def -l ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libnfc.lib ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libnfc.dll
+    DEPENDS nfc ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../windows/win32/nfc.def
+  )
+  ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET(win32lib ALL DEPENDS libnfc.lib)
+
   # On Windows the shared (runtime) library should be either in the same 
   # directory as the excutables or in the path, we add it to same directory
   INSTALL(TARGETS nfc RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT libraries)
diff --git a/utils/CMakeLists.txt b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b828cb..402b893 100644
--- a/utils/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/utils/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(nfcutils nfc)
 FOREACH(source ${UTILS-SOURCES})
   SET (TARGETS ${source}.c)
 
+  IF(WIN32)
+    SET(RC_COMMENT "${PACKAGE_NAME} utility")
+    SET(RC_INTERNAL_NAME ${source})
+    SET(RC_ORIGINAL_NAME ${source}.exe)
+    SET(RC_FILE_TYPE VFT_APP)
+    CONFIGURE_FILE(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/../windows/version.rc.in ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../windows/${source}.rc @ONLY)
+    LIST(APPEND TARGETS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/../windows/${source}.rc)
+  ENDIF(WIN32)
+
   IF((${source} MATCHES "nfc-mfultralight") OR (${source} MATCHES "nfc-mfclassic"))
     LIST(APPEND TARGETS mifare)
   ENDIF((${source} MATCHES "nfc-mfultralight") OR (${source} MATCHES "nfc-mfclassic"))
@@ -33,7 +42,6 @@ FOREACH(source ${UTILS-SOURCES})
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${source} nfc)
   TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(${source} nfcutils)
 
-
   INSTALL(TARGETS ${source} RUNTIME DESTINATION bin COMPONENT utils)
 ENDFOREACH(source)
 
diff --git a/windows/version.rc.in b/windows/version.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..473d579
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/version.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "windows.h"
+
+1 VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION @VERSION_MAJOR@,@VERSION_MINOR@,@VERSION_PATCH@,0
+ PRODUCTVERSION @VERSION_MAJOR@,@VERSION_MINOR@,@VERSION_PATCH@,0
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG|VS_FF_PRERELEASE
+#else
+ FILEFLAGS 0L
+#endif
+ FILEOS VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+ FILETYPE @RC_FILE_TYPE@
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904e4" 
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", "@RC_COMMENT@\0"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "libnfc.org\0"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "\0"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@.@VERSION_PATCH@.0\0"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "@RC_INTERNAL_NAME@ @WIN32_MODE@\0"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) @CURRENT_YEAR@\0"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "@RC_ORIGINAL_NAME@\0"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "@PACKAGE_NAME@ @WIN32_MODE@\0"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "@VERSION_MAJOR@.@VERSION_MINOR@.@VERSION_PATCH@.0\0"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0409, 1252
+    END
+END