diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 272b7703d..a4b73ac7a 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
 /pkg_payload
 /build/macOS/resources
 
+# Windows resource files
+/cmd/gh/*.syso
+
 # VS Code
 .vscode
 
diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index 6ef1ecc8b..309e2ca8f 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ before:
       {{ if eq .Runtime.Goos "windows" }}echo{{ end }} make manpages GH_VERSION={{.Version}}
     - >- # On linux the completions are used in nfpms below, but on macos they are used outside in the deployment build.
       {{ if eq .Runtime.Goos "windows" }}echo{{ end }} make completions
+    - >- # We need to create the `.syso` files (per architecture) to embed Windows resources (version info)
+      {{ if ne .Runtime.Goos "windows" }}echo{{ end }} pwsh .\script\gen-winres.ps1 '{{ .Version }} ({{time "2006-01-02"}})' '{{ .Version }}' .\script\versioninfo.template.json .\cmd\gh\
 builds:
   - id: macos #build:macos
     goos: [darwin]
diff --git a/script/gen-winres.ps1 b/script/gen-winres.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e5eab1c9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/gen-winres.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env pwsh
+
+$_usage = @"
+Generate Windows resource files as ``.syso``
+
+Usage:
+  gen-winres.ps1 <file-version> <product-version> <path-to-versioninfo.json> <output-path>
+
+Arguments:
+  <file-version>              string to set as file version (e.g. "1.0.0")
+  <product-version>           string to set as product version (e.g. "1.0.0")
+  <path-to-versioninfo.json>  path to the ``versioninfo.json`` file containing static metadata
+  <output-path>               directory where the generated ``.syso`` files should be placed
+
+The created ``.syso`` files are named as ``resource_windows_<arch>.syso``. This
+helps Go compiler to pick the correct file based on the target platform and
+architecture.
+"@
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+$_file_version = $args[0]
+if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_file_version)) {
+    Write-Host "error: file-version argument is missing"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$_product_version = $args[1]
+if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_product_version)) {
+    Write-Host "error: product-version argument is missing"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$_versioninfo_path = $args[2]
+if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_versioninfo_path)) {
+    Write-Host "error: path to versioninfo.json is missing"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $_versioninfo_path)) {
+    Write-Host "error: path to versioninfo.json '$_versioninfo_path' is not a file"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+$_output = $args[3]
+if ([string]::IsNullOrEmpty($_output)) {
+    Write-Host "error: output path is missing"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+if (-not (Test-Path $_output -PathType Container)) {
+    Write-Host "error: output path '$_output' is not a directory"
+    Write-Host $_usage
+    exit 1
+}
+
+go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@v1.5.0
+
+goversioninfo `
+    -64 -arm -platform-specific `
+    -file-version "$_file_version" `
+    -product-version "$_product_version" `
+    "$_versioninfo_path"
+
+Move-Item -Path "resource_windows_*.syso" -Destination "$_output" -Force
diff --git a/script/versioninfo.template.json b/script/versioninfo.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6096837ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/script/versioninfo.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+    "FixedFileInfo": {
+        "FileVersion": {
+            "Major": 0,
+            "Minor": 0,
+            "Patch": 0,
+            "Build": 0
+        },
+        "ProductVersion": {
+            "Major": 0,
+            "Minor": 0,
+            "Patch": 0,
+            "Build": 0
+        },
+        "FileFlagsMask": "3f",
+        "FileFlags ": "00",
+        "FileOS": "040004",
+        "FileType": "01",
+        "FileSubType": "00"
+    },
+    "StringFileInfo": {
+        "Comments": "",
+        "CompanyName": "GitHub",
+        "FileDescription": "GitHub CLI",
+        "FileVersion": "",
+        "InternalName": "gh",
+        "LegalCopyright": "",
+        "LegalTrademarks": "",
+        "OriginalFilename": "gh.exe",
+        "PrivateBuild": "",
+        "ProductName": "GitHub CLI",
+        "ProductVersion": "",
+        "SpecialBuild": ""
+    },
+    "VarFileInfo": {
+        "Translation": {
+            "LangID": "0409",
+            "CharsetID": "04B0"
+        }
+    },
+    "IconPath": "",
+    "ManifestPath": ""
+}
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