diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 381bcedb15..353f0add0c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3687,6 +3687,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi 0.3.9",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winres"
+version = "0.1.12"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b68db261ef59e9e52806f688020631e987592bd83619edccda9c47d42cde4f6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ws"
 version = "0.9.1"
@@ -3784,7 +3793,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "search",
  "site",
  "termcolor",
+ "time 0.3.7",
  "tokio",
  "utils",
+ "winres",
  "ws",
 ]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 7e14095b23..316c5f0c4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ include = ["src/**/*", "LICENSE", "README.md"]
 [build-dependencies]
 clap = "3"
 clap_complete = "3"
+winres = "0.1"
+time = "0.3"
 
 [[bin]]
 name = "zola"
@@ -64,3 +66,7 @@ codegen-units = 1
 # Disabling debug info speeds up builds a bunch,
 # and we don't rely on it for debugging that much.
 debug = 0
+
+[package.metadata.winres]
+OriginalFilename = "zola.exe"
+InternalName = "zola"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index f6e897786b..7df44f1f90 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,21 @@
 
 include!("src/cli.rs");
 
+fn generate_pe_header() {
+    use time::OffsetDateTime;
+
+    let today = OffsetDateTime::now_utc();
+    let copyright = format!("Copyright © 2017-{} Vincent Prouillet", today.year());
+    let mut res = winres::WindowsResource::new();
+    // needed for MinGW cross-compiling
+    if cfg!(unix) {
+        res.set_windres_path("x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres");
+    }
+    res.set_icon("docs/static/favicon.ico");
+    res.set("LegalCopyright", &copyright);
+    res.compile().expect("Failed to compile Windows resources!");
+}
+
 fn main() {
     // disabled below as it fails in CI
     //    let mut app = build_cli();
@@ -9,4 +24,10 @@ fn main() {
     //    app.gen_completions("zola", Shell::Fish, "completions/");
     //    app.gen_completions("zola", Shell::Zsh, "completions/");
     //    app.gen_completions("zola", Shell::PowerShell, "completions/");
+    if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap() != "windows"
+        && std::env::var("PROFILE").unwrap() != "release"
+    {
+        return;
+    }
+    generate_pe_header();
 }