diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b507c76..f5515b3 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -2273,7 +2273,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sanzu"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "bindgen 0.63.0",
@@ -2314,6 +2314,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "vsock",
  "webpki-roots",
  "winapi",
+ "winres",
  "x11-clipboard",
  "x11rb 0.11.0",
  "x509-parser",
@@ -3202,6 +3203,14 @@ version = "0.42.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "f40009d85759725a34da6d89a94e63d7bdc50a862acf0dbc7c8e488f1edcb6f5"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winres"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "git+https://github.com/serpilliere/winres?branch=link_resources#7f4f86eadc2e005b94ac56e210c55e64d217c6ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "toml",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "x11-clipboard"
 version = "0.7.0"
diff --git a/sanzu/Cargo.toml b/sanzu/Cargo.toml
index d6f6a41..51ea99d 100644
--- a/sanzu/Cargo.toml
+++ b/sanzu/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sanzu"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.1.1"
 authors = ["Fabrice Desclaux <fabrice.desclaux@cea.fr>"]
 edition = "2018"
 readme = "README.md"
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ license = "GPL-3.0"
 [build-dependencies]
 bindgen = "0.63"
 cc = "1.0"
+winres = {git = "https://github.com/serpilliere/winres", branch="link_resources"}
 
 [dependencies]
 anyhow = "1.0"
@@ -108,6 +109,9 @@ assets = [
     { source = "README.md", dest = "/usr/share/doc/sanzu/README", mode = "0644", doc = true },
 ]
 
+[package.metadata.winres]
+LegalCopyright = "Copyright © 2021-2023"
+FileDescription = "Sanzu video server, proxy and client"
 
 # Compilation for Windows:
 # export PKG_CONFIG_ALLOW_CROSS=1
diff --git a/sanzu/build.rs b/sanzu/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7c96765
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanzu/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+extern crate winres;
+
+fn main() {
+    // only run if target os is windows
+    if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").unwrap() != "windows" {
+        return;
+    }
+    // only build the resource for release builds
+    // as calling rc.exe might be slow
+    if std::env::var("PROFILE").unwrap() == "release" {
+        let mut res = winres::WindowsResource::new();
+        if cfg!(unix) {
+            // paths for X64 on archlinux
+            res.set_toolkit_path("/usr/bin");
+            // ar tool for mingw in toolkit path
+            res.set_ar_path("/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-ar");
+            // windres tool
+            res.set_windres_path("/usr/bin/x86_64-w64-mingw32-windres");
+        }
+
+        res.set_icon("data/icons/sanzu.ico")
+            // can't use winapi crate constants for cross compiling
+            // MAKELANGID(LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US )
+            .set_language(0x0409)
+            .set_manifest_file("data/winres/manifest.xml");
+        if let Err(e) = res.compile() {
+            eprintln!("{}", e);
+            std::process::exit(1);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sanzu/data/icons/sanzu.ico b/sanzu/data/icons/sanzu.ico
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f12951c
Binary files /dev/null and b/sanzu/data/icons/sanzu.ico differ
diff --git a/sanzu/data/winres/manifest.xml b/sanzu/data/winres/manifest.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2204418
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sanzu/data/winres/manifest.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<!-- example.exe.manifest -->
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+  <assemblyIdentity
+      type="win32"
+      name="Sanzu"
+      processorArchitecture="x86"
+      />
+  <description>Sanzu</description>
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- Windows 10 and Windows 11 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 8 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 7 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+      <!-- Windows Vista -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+    </application>
+  </compatibility>
+  <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <security>
+      <requestedPrivileges>
+	<!--
+	    UAC settings:
+	    - app should run at same integrity level as calling process
+	    - app does not need to manipulate windows belonging to
+	    higher-integrity-level processes
+	-->
+	<requestedExecutionLevel
+	    level="asInvoker"
+	    uiAccess="false"
+	    />
+      </requestedPrivileges>
+    </security>
+  </trustInfo>
+</assembly>