diff --git a/bitcoin-qt.pro b/bitcoin-qt.pro
index 1d2b1dbdc..cdd3bc2b8 100644
--- a/bitcoin-qt.pro
+++ b/bitcoin-qt.pro
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ HEADERS += src/qt/bitcoingui.h \
     src/ui_interface.h \
     src/qt/rpcconsole.h \
     src/version.h \
-    src/netbase.h
+    src/netbase.h \
+    src/clientversion.h
 
 SOURCES += src/qt/bitcoin.cpp src/qt/bitcoingui.cpp \
     src/qt/transactiontablemodel.cpp \
diff --git a/doc/release-process.txt b/doc/release-process.txt
index b31b0ab54..8443961d2 100644
--- a/doc/release-process.txt
+++ b/doc/release-process.txt
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 * update (commit) version in sources
   bitcoin-qt.pro
-  src/version.h
+  src/clientversion.h
   share/setup.nsi
   doc/README*
 
diff --git a/src/clientversion.h b/src/clientversion.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..844eaa37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/clientversion.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef CLIENTVERSION_H
+#define CLIENTVERSION_H
+
+//
+// client versioning
+//
+
+// These need to be macros, as version.cpp's and bitcoin-qt.rc's voodoo requires it
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       0
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       7
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    0
+#define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD       2
+
+// Converts the parameter X to a string after macro replacement on X has been performed.
+// Don't merge these into one macro!
+#define STRINGIZE(X) DO_STRINGIZE(X)
+#define DO_STRINGIZE(X) #X
+
+#endif // CLIENTVERSION_H
diff --git a/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt.rc b/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt.rc
index bce87d782..834001c0c 100644
--- a/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt.rc
+++ b/src/qt/res/bitcoin-qt.rc
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "icons/bitcoin.ico"
 
-#include <windows.h> // needed for VERSIONINFO
+#include <windows.h>             // needed for VERSIONINFO
+#include "../../clientversion.h" // holds the needed client version information
+
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION     CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR,CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR,CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION,CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD
+#define VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION) "." STRINGIZE(CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD)
+#define VER_FILEVERSION        VER_PRODUCTVERSION
+#define VER_FILEVERSION_STR    VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
-FILEOS         	VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
-FILETYPE       	VFT_APP
+FILEVERSION     VER_FILEVERSION
+PRODUCTVERSION  VER_PRODUCTVERSION
+FILEOS          VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE        VFT_APP
 BEGIN
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     BEGIN
@@ -12,11 +20,13 @@ BEGIN
         BEGIN
             VALUE "CompanyName",        "Bitcoin"
             VALUE "FileDescription",    "Bitcoin-Qt (OSS GUI client for Bitcoin)"
+            VALUE "FileVersion",        VER_FILEVERSION_STR
             VALUE "InternalName",       "bitcoin-qt"
             VALUE "LegalCopyright",     "2009-2012 The Bitcoin developers"
             VALUE "LegalTrademarks1",   "Distributed under the MIT/X11 software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or http://www.opensource.org/licenses/mit-license.php."
             VALUE "OriginalFilename",   "bitcoin-qt.exe"
             VALUE "ProductName",        "Bitcoin-Qt"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",     VER_PRODUCTVERSION_STR
         END
     END
 
diff --git a/src/version.cpp b/src/version.cpp
index 60b7aae2e..8af406fea 100644
--- a/src/version.cpp
+++ b/src/version.cpp
@@ -39,13 +39,11 @@ const std::string CLIENT_NAME("Satoshi");
 #    define GIT_COMMIT_DATE "$Format:%cD"
 #endif
 
-#define STRINGIFY(s) #s
-
 #define BUILD_DESC_FROM_COMMIT(maj,min,rev,build,commit) \
-    "v" STRINGIFY(maj) "." STRINGIFY(min) "." STRINGIFY(rev) "." STRINGIFY(build) "-g" commit
+    "v" DO_STRINGIZE(maj) "." DO_STRINGIZE(min) "." DO_STRINGIZE(rev) "." DO_STRINGIZE(build) "-g" commit
 
 #define BUILD_DESC_FROM_UNKNOWN(maj,min,rev,build) \
-    "v" STRINGIFY(maj) "." STRINGIFY(min) "." STRINGIFY(rev) "." STRINGIFY(build) "-unk"
+    "v" DO_STRINGIZE(maj) "." DO_STRINGIZE(min) "." DO_STRINGIZE(rev) "." DO_STRINGIZE(build) "-unk"
 
 #ifndef BUILD_DESC
 #    ifdef GIT_COMMIT_ID
diff --git a/src/version.h b/src/version.h
index f731c4570..b66d05692 100644
--- a/src/version.h
+++ b/src/version.h
@@ -4,21 +4,16 @@
 #ifndef BITCOIN_VERSION_H
 #define BITCOIN_VERSION_H
 
+#include "clientversion.h"
 #include <string>
 
 //
 // client versioning
 //
 
-// These need to be macros, as version.cpp's voodoo requires it
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR       0
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR       7
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION    0
-#define CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD       2
-
 static const int CLIENT_VERSION =
                            1000000 * CLIENT_VERSION_MAJOR
-                         +   10000 * CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR 
+                         +   10000 * CLIENT_VERSION_MINOR
                          +     100 * CLIENT_VERSION_REVISION
                          +       1 * CLIENT_VERSION_BUILD;