diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 297128633..1e7581fed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -357,6 +357,10 @@ if (IIOD_CLIENT)
 	list(APPEND LIBIIO_CFILES iiod-client.c)
 endif()
 
+if (WIN32)
+	string(REPLACE "." "," LIBIIO_FILEVERSION ${VERSION})
+endif()
+
 configure_file(libiio.iss.cmakein ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libiio.iss @ONLY)
 
 set(LIBIIO_PC ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libiio.pc)
diff --git a/properties.rc.cmakein b/properties.rc.cmakein
index b9d0db595..a2e0e915d 100644
--- a/properties.rc.cmakein
+++ b/properties.rc.cmakein
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <windows.h>
 LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_DEFAULT
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION @LIBIIO_FILEVERSION@
 BEGIN
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     BEGIN