diff --git a/src/system/CMakeLists.txt b/src/system/CMakeLists.txt
index 6e18128..d01f0ed 100644
--- a/src/system/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/system/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,6 +84,36 @@ endif()
 
 if(WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(rexruntime PRIVATE ws2_32)
+
+    # Version metadata for the runtime DLL. Unsigned binaries without any
+    # version resource are prone to antivirus false positives; embedding
+    # identity here also lets crash dumps and support logs name the build.
+    # The embedding application may override these before including the SDK.
+    enable_language(RC)
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION "0,0,0,0")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION_STRING)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION_STRING "0.0.0")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_PRODUCT_NAME)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_PRODUCT_NAME "rexglue")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COMPANY)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COMPANY "rexglue project")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_DESCRIPTION)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_DESCRIPTION "rexglue guest runtime library")
+    endif()
+    if(NOT REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COPYRIGHT)
+        set(REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COPYRIGHT "(c) rexglue contributors")
+    endif()
+    configure_file(
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/rexruntime_version.rc.in
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rexruntime_version.rc
+        @ONLY)
+    target_sources(rexruntime PRIVATE
+        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/rexruntime_version.rc)
 endif()
 
 if(REXGLUE_USE_D3D12)
diff --git a/src/system/rexruntime_version.rc.in b/src/system/rexruntime_version.rc.in
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f02f216
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/system/rexruntime_version.rc.in
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+1 VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION @REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION@
+ PRODUCTVERSION @REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION@
+ FILEFLAGSMASK 0x3fL
+ FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+ FILEOS 0x40004L
+ FILETYPE 0x2L
+ FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904b0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COMPANY@"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_DESCRIPTION@"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION_STRING@"
+            VALUE "InternalName", "rexruntime"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_COPYRIGHT@"
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "rexruntime.dll"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_PRODUCT_NAME@"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", "@REXGLUE_RUNTIME_RC_VERSION_STRING@"
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
+    END
+END