diff --git a/scripts/src/main.lua b/scripts/src/main.lua
index 8a3959442e3..ca3ac2d4507 100644
--- a/scripts/src/main.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/main.lua
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		"ocore_" .. _OPTIONS["osd"],
 	}
 	
+	override_resources = false;
+	
 	maintargetosdoptions(_target)
 
 	includedirs {
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 		GEN_DIR  .. "resource",
 	}
 
-	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="macosx" then
+	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="macosx" and (not override_resources) then
 		linkoptions {
 			"-sectcreate __TEXT __info_plist " .. GEN_DIR .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "-Info.plist"
 		}
@@ -93,6 +95,29 @@ function mainProject(_target, _subtarget)
 
 	end
 
+	if _OPTIONS["targetos"]=="windows" and (not override_resources) then
+		local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/".._OPTIONS["osd"].."/" .. _target ..".rc"
+		if not os.isfile(rcfile) then
+			rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _target ..".rc"
+		end
+		
+		if os.isfile(rcfile) then
+			files {
+				rcfile,
+			}
+			dependency {
+				{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._target ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
+			}
+		else
+			files {
+				MAME_DIR .. "src/osd/windows/mame.rc",
+			}
+			dependency {
+				{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
+			}
+		end	
+	end
+
 	files {
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/".._target .."/" .. _target ..".c",
 		MAME_DIR .. "src/version.c",
diff --git a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
index b5faf8722c6..470e621bbc1 100644
--- a/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
+++ b/scripts/src/osd/windows.lua
@@ -32,24 +32,6 @@ function maintargetosdoptions(_target)
 		"comctl32",
 		"comdlg32",
 	}
-
-	local rcfile = MAME_DIR .. "src/" .. _target .. "/osd/windows/" .. _target ..".rc"
-
-	if os.isfile(rcfile) then
-		files {
-			rcfile,
-		}
-		dependency {
-			{ "$(OBJDIR)/".._target ..".res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
-		}
-	else
-		files {
-			MAME_DIR .. "src/osd/windows/mame.rc",
-		}
-		dependency {
-			{ "$(OBJDIR)/mame.res" ,  GEN_DIR  .. "/resource/" .. _target .. "vers.rc", true  },
-		}
-	end
 end