diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 85233aa2f..b41285fd3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -41,3 +41,4 @@ TODO
 /scripts/testbrowser/cpp/webengine/testbrowser
 /scripts/testbrowser/cpp/webengine/.qmake.stash
 /scripts/dev/pylint_checkers/qute_pylint.egg-info
+/misc/file_version_info.txt
diff --git a/misc/qutebrowser.spec b/misc/qutebrowser.spec
index 8029e2a44..c886fb0c4 100644
--- a/misc/qutebrowser.spec
+++ b/misc/qutebrowser.spec
@@ -59,7 +59,8 @@ exe = EXE(pyz,
           debug=False,
           strip=False,
           upx=False,
-          console=False )
+          console=False,
+          version='misc/file_version_info.txt')
 coll = COLLECT(exe,
                a.binaries,
                a.zipfiles,
diff --git a/scripts/dev/build_release.py b/scripts/dev/build_release.py
index 84e897eee..68d148747 100755
--- a/scripts/dev/build_release.py
+++ b/scripts/dev/build_release.py
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir,
 import qutebrowser
 from scripts import utils
 # from scripts.dev import update_3rdparty
+from scripts.dev import gen_versioninfo
 
 
 def call_script(name, *args, python=sys.executable):
@@ -232,6 +233,9 @@ def build_windows():
 
     artifacts = []
 
+    utils.print_title("Updating VersionInfo file")
+    gen_versioninfo.main()
+
     utils.print_title("Running pyinstaller 32bit")
     _maybe_remove(out_32)
     call_tox('pyinstaller', '-r', python=python_x86)
diff --git a/scripts/dev/gen_versioninfo.py b/scripts/dev/gen_versioninfo.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..29b86a59b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/dev/gen_versioninfo.py
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+# vim: ft=python fileencoding=utf-8 sts=4 sw=4 et:
+
+# Copyright 2018 Florian Bruhin (The Compiler) <mail@qutebrowser.org>
+#
+# This file is part of qutebrowser.
+#
+# qutebrowser is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# qutebrowser is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with qutebrowser.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+"""Generate file_version_info.txt for Pyinstaller use with Windows builds."""
+
+import os.path
+import sys
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.win32 import versioninfo as vs
+
+sys.path.insert(0, os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), os.pardir,
+                                os.pardir))
+
+import qutebrowser
+from scripts import utils
+
+
+def main():
+    utils.change_cwd()
+    out_filename = 'misc/file_version_info.txt'
+
+    filevers = qutebrowser.__version_info__ + (0,)
+    prodvers = qutebrowser.__version_info__ + (0,)
+    str_filevers = qutebrowser.__version__
+    str_prodvers = qutebrowser.__version__
+
+    comment_text = qutebrowser.__doc__
+    copyright_text = qutebrowser.__copyright__
+    trademark_text = "qutebrowser is free software under the GNU General Public License"
+
+    ffi = vs.FixedFileInfo(filevers, prodvers)
+
+    kids = [vs.StringFileInfo(
+        [vs.StringTable('040904B0',
+                        [vs.StringStruct('Comments', comment_text),
+                         vs.StringStruct('CompanyName', "qutebrowser.org"),
+                         vs.StringStruct('FileDescription', "qutebrowser"),
+                         vs.StringStruct('FileVersion', str_filevers),
+                         vs.StringStruct('InternalName', "qutebrowser"),
+                         vs.StringStruct('LegalCopyright', copyright_text),
+                         vs.StringStruct('LegalTrademarks', trademark_text),
+                         vs.StringStruct('OriginalFilename', "qutebrowser.exe"),
+                         vs.StringStruct('ProductName', "qutebrowser"),
+                         vs.StringStruct('ProductVersion', str_prodvers)])]),
+        vs.VarFileInfo([vs.VarStruct('Translation', [1033, 1200])])]
+
+    file_version_info = vs.VSVersionInfo(ffi, kids)
+
+    with open(out_filename, 'w', encoding='utf-8') as f:
+        f.write(str(file_version_info))
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()