diff --git a/build/stamp-exe.sh b/build/stamp-exe.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..25e673d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build/stamp-exe.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# this script is needed to inscribe metadata in the .exe files
+# targeting windows. it creates a .rs to be used when linking
+
+cat << EOF > cjit.rc
+1 VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     1,0,0,0
+PRODUCTVERSION  1,0,0,0
+BEGIN
+  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    BLOCK "040904E4"
+    BEGIN
+      VALUE "CompanyName", "Dyne.org Foundation"
+      VALUE "FileDescription", "CJIT, Just in Time C"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "`date +'%Y%m%d'`"
+      VALUE "InternalName", "cjit"
+      VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright by the Dyne.org Foundation"
+      VALUE "OriginalFilename", "cjit.exe"
+      VALUE "ProductName", "CJIT"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "3"
+    END
+  END
+  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+  BEGIN
+    VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1252
+  END
+END
+EOF
+
+if [ "$(which windres)" = "" ]; then
+    x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres cjit.rc -O coff -o cjit.res
+else
+    windres cjit.rc -O coff -o cjit.res
+fi
diff --git a/build/win-wsl.mk b/build/win-wsl.mk
index 9b63195..db93e09 100644
--- a/build/win-wsl.mk
+++ b/build/win-wsl.mk
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ ldflags += -static-libgcc
 all: deps cjit.exe
 
 cjit.exe: ${SOURCES}
-	$(cc) $(cflags) -o $@ $(SOURCES) ${ldflags} ${ldadd}
+	./build/stamp-exe.sh
+	$(cc) $(cflags) -o $@ $(SOURCES) cjit.res ${ldflags} ${ldadd}
 
 #	upx-ucl -q $@
 # somehow upx compression helps the binary to function: it