diff --git a/src/mess/osd/windows/windows.mak b/src/mess/osd/windows/windows.mak
index a41d7d31ddf..ea97abf7d61 100644
--- a/src/mess/osd/windows/windows.mak
+++ b/src/mess/osd/windows/windows.mak
@@ -28,4 +28,14 @@ $(LIBOCORE_NOMAIN): $(OSDCOREOBJS:$(WINOBJ)/main.o=)
 $(MESS_WINOBJ)/%.res: $(MESS_WINSRC)/%.rc
 	@echo Compiling resources $<...
 	$(RC) $(RCDEFS) $(RCFLAGS) --include-dir $(MESS_WINOBJ) -o $@ -i $<
+	
 
+#-------------------------------------------------
+# rules for resource file
+#-------------------------------------------------
+
+$(RESFILE): $(MESS_WINSRC)/mess.rc $(MESS_WINOBJ)/messvers.rc
+
+$(MESS_WINOBJ)/messvers.rc: $(BUILDOUT)/verinfo$(BUILD_EXE) $(SRC)/version.c
+	@echo Emitting $@...
+	@"$(BUILDOUT)/verinfo$(BUILD_EXE)" -b mess $(SRC)/version.c > $@
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