diff --git a/builder.go b/builder.go
index 5e6f23c..40eec93 100644
--- a/builder.go
+++ b/builder.go
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 package xcaddy
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"log"
@@ -93,6 +94,25 @@ func (b Builder) Build(ctx context.Context, outputFile string) error {
 	}
 	defer buildEnv.Close()
 
+	// generating windows resources for embedding
+	if b.OS == "windows" {
+		// get version string, we need to parse the output to get the exact version instead tag, branch or commit
+		cmd := buildEnv.newGoBuildCommand(ctx, "list", "-m", buildEnv.caddyModulePath)
+		var buffer bytes.Buffer
+		cmd.Stdout = &buffer
+		err = buildEnv.runCommand(ctx, cmd)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		// output looks like: github.com/caddyserver/caddy/v2 v2.7.6
+		version := strings.TrimSpace(strings.TrimPrefix(buffer.String(), buildEnv.caddyModulePath))
+		err = utils.WindowsResource(version, outputFile, buildEnv.tempFolder)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+
 	if b.SkipBuild {
 		log.Printf("[INFO] Skipping build as requested")
 
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 4d94301..9925154 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 module github.com/caddyserver/xcaddy
 
-go 1.14
+go 1.16
 
 require (
 	github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
+	github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo v1.4.0
 )
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index aab87c3..a3d7699 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,4 +1,19 @@
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1 h1:RN9w6+7QoMeJVGyfmbcgs28Br8cvmnucEXnY0rYXWg0=
 github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3 v3.2.1/go.mod h1:qvl/7zhW3nngYb5+80sSMF+FG2BjYrf8m9wsX0PNOMQ=
+github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.10.2 h1:Zxm8V5eI1hW4gGaYsJQUhxpjkENuG91ki8B4zCrvEsw=
+github.com/akavel/rsrc v0.10.2/go.mod h1:uLoCtb9J+EyAqh+26kdrTgmzRBFPGOolLWKpdxkKq+c=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0 h1:ZDRjVQ15GmhC3fiQ8ni8+OwkZQO4DARzQgrnXU1Liz8=
+github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.0/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510 h1:El6M4kTTCOh6aBiKaUGG7oYTSPP8MxqL4YI3kZKwcP4=
 github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510/go.mod h1:pupxD2MaaD3pAXIBCelhxNneeOaAeabZDe5s4K6zSpQ=
+github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo v1.4.0 h1:Puhl12NSHUSALHSuzYwPYQkqa2E1+7SrtAPJorKK0C8=
+github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo v1.4.0/go.mod h1:JWzv5rKQr+MmW+LvM412ToT/IkYDZjaclF2pKDss8IY=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
+github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
+github.com/stretchr/objx v0.1.0/go.mod h1:HFkY916IF+rwdDfMAkV7OtwuqBVzrE8GR6GFx+wExME=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1 h1:hDPOHmpOpP40lSULcqw7IrRb/u7w6RpDC9399XyoNd0=
+github.com/stretchr/testify v1.6.1/go.mod h1:6Fq8oRcR53rry900zMqJjRRixrwX3KX962/h/Wwjteg=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405 h1:yhCVgyC4o1eVCa2tZl7eS0r+SDo693bJlVdllGtEeKM=
+gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c h1:dUUwHk2QECo/6vqA44rthZ8ie2QXMNeKRTHCNY2nXvo=
+gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.0-20200313102051-9f266ea9e77c/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=
diff --git a/internal/utils/resource.go b/internal/utils/resource.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e3a9b5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/utils/resource.go
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+package utils
+
+import (
+	"embed"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/Masterminds/semver/v3"
+	"github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo"
+)
+
+//go:embed resources/*
+var embedFS embed.FS
+
+// WindowsResource create a Windows resource system object
+// for embedding into the Caddy binary.
+// reference: https://github.com/rclone/rclone/blob/v1.66.0/bin/resource_windows.go
+func WindowsResource(version, outputFile, tempDir string) error {
+	vi := &goversioninfo.VersionInfo{}
+
+	// FixedFileInfo
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileOS = "040004" // VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileType = "01"   // VFT_APP
+
+	semanticVersion, err := semver.NewVersion(version)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	basename := filepath.Base(outputFile)
+	ext := filepath.Ext(basename)
+
+	// FixedFileInfo.FileVersion
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileVersion.Major = int(semanticVersion.Major())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileVersion.Minor = int(semanticVersion.Minor())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileVersion.Patch = int(semanticVersion.Patch())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.FileVersion.Build = 0
+	// FixedFileInfo.ProductVersion
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.ProductVersion.Major = int(semanticVersion.Major())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.ProductVersion.Minor = int(semanticVersion.Minor())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.ProductVersion.Patch = int(semanticVersion.Patch())
+	vi.FixedFileInfo.ProductVersion.Build = 0
+
+	// StringFileInfo
+	vi.StringFileInfo.CompanyName = "https://caddyserver.com/"
+	vi.StringFileInfo.ProductName = "Caddy"
+	vi.StringFileInfo.FileDescription = "Caddy"
+	vi.StringFileInfo.InternalName = strings.TrimSuffix(basename, ext)
+	vi.StringFileInfo.OriginalFilename = basename
+	vi.StringFileInfo.LegalCopyright = "The Caddy Authors"
+	vi.StringFileInfo.FileVersion = semanticVersion.String()
+	vi.StringFileInfo.ProductVersion = semanticVersion.String()
+
+	// extract ico file from embed to an actual file
+	ico, err := embedFS.ReadFile("resources/ico/caddy.ico")
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	icoCopy, err := os.Create(filepath.Join(tempDir, "caddy.ico"))
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	// set ico path
+	vi.IconPath = icoCopy.Name()
+	_, err = icoCopy.Write(ico)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	err = icoCopy.Close()
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	// Build native structures from the configuration data
+	vi.Build()
+
+	// Write the native structures as binary data to a buffer
+	vi.Walk()
+
+	arch := GetGOARCH()
+
+	// Write the binary data buffer to file
+	return vi.WriteSyso(filepath.Join(tempDir, fmt.Sprintf("resource_windows_%s.syso", arch)), arch)
+}
diff --git a/internal/utils/resources/ico/caddy-bg.ico b/internal/utils/resources/ico/caddy-bg.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e5fd66
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b9f6a2
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