diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d490b6bb7..16759b88f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -173,6 +173,9 @@ endif()
 # TODO: remove this switch
 add_definitions(-DHAVE_OGGVORBIS)
 
+if(WIN32)
+    configure_file("${STK_SOURCE_DIR}/windows_installer/icon_rc.template" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tmp/icon.rc")
+endif()
 
 # Provides list of source and header files (STK_SOURCES and STK_HEADERS)
 include(sources.cmake)
@@ -228,7 +231,7 @@ else()
     endif()
 
     # Build the final executable
-    add_executable(supertuxkart ${STK_SOURCES} ${STK_HEADERS})
+    add_executable(supertuxkart ${STK_SOURCES} ${STK_RESOURCES} ${STK_HEADERS})
     target_link_libraries(supertuxkart ${PTHREAD_LIBRARY})
 endif()
 
@@ -369,7 +372,6 @@ install(FILES ${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/supertuxkart.desktop DESTINATION share/appli
 install(FILES data/supertuxkart_32.png data/supertuxkart_128.png DESTINATION share/pixmaps)
 install(FILES data/supertuxkart.appdata DESTINATION share/appdata)
 
-
 set(PREFIX ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX})
 configure_file(data/supertuxkart_desktop.template supertuxkart.desktop)
 add_dependencies(supertuxkart supertuxkart.desktop)
diff --git a/sources.cmake b/sources.cmake
index 595e1c12f..d4f28ae4d 100644
--- a/sources.cmake
+++ b/sources.cmake
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@
 file(GLOB_RECURSE STK_HEADERS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "src/*.hpp")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE STK_SOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "src/*.cpp")
 file(GLOB_RECURSE STK_SHADERS RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "data/shaders/*")
+file(GLOB_RECURSE STK_RESOURCES RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/tmp/*.rc")
diff --git a/src/windows_installer/icon_rc.template b/src/windows_installer/icon_rc.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d9cc5fd32
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/windows_installer/icon_rc.template
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+100 ICON "@PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR@/src/windows_installer/icon.ico"