diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.qrc b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.qrc
index 2abdeb05..4e5523e9 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.qrc
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
-<qresource prefix="/">
-   <file>images/icon.png</file>
-</qresource>
+	<qresource prefix="/icons">
+		<file alias="mask">resources/icons/mask.ico</file>
+		<file alias="icon">resources/images/icon.png</file>
+	</qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.rc b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bebdf1d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+IDI_ICON1 ICON DISCARDABLE "resources/icons/mask.ico"
+
+#include <windows.h>             // needed for VERSIONINFO
+#include "../../libi2pd/version.h"
+
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+FILEVERSION     I2PD_VERSION_MAJOR,I2PD_VERSION_MINOR,I2PD_VERSION_MICRO,I2PD_VERSION_PATCH
+PRODUCTVERSION  I2P_VERSION_MAJOR,I2P_VERSION_MINOR,I2P_VERSION_MICRO,I2P_VERSION_PATCH
+FILEOS          VOS_NT_WINDOWS32
+FILETYPE        VFT_APP
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904E4" // U.S. English - multilingual (hex)
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "CompanyName",        "PurpleI2P"
+            VALUE "FileDescription",    "I2Pd Qt"
+            VALUE "FileVersion",        I2PD_VERSION
+            VALUE "InternalName",       "i2pd-qt"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright",     "Copyright (C) 2013-2018, The PurpleI2P Project"
+            VALUE "LegalTrademarks1",   "Distributed under the BSD 3-Clause software license, see the accompanying file COPYING or https://opensource.org/licenses/BSD-3-Clause."
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename",   "i2pd_qt.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName",        "i2pd-qt"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion",     I2P_VERSION
+        END
+    END
+
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0, 1252 // language neutral - multilingual (decimal)
+    END
+END
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
index b46cfa38..21ef6358 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/i2pd_qt.pro
@@ -274,10 +274,12 @@ linux:!android {
 
 windows {
         message("Using Windows settings")
+        RC_FILE = i2pd.rc
         DEFINES += BOOST_USE_WINDOWS_H WINDOWS _WINDOWS WIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN MINIUPNP_STATICLIB
         DEFINES -= UNICODE _UNICODE
         BOOST_SUFFIX = -mt
-        QMAKE_LDFLAGS = -s -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -Wl,-Bstatic -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mwindows
+        QMAKE_CXXFLAGS = -Os
+        QMAKE_LFLAGS = -s -Wl,-Bstatic -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -mwindows
 
         LIBS = -lminiupnpc \
         -lboost_system$$BOOST_SUFFIX \
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
index fc1e5985..c3761764 100644
--- a/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/qt/i2pd_qt/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -449,7 +449,7 @@ void MainWindow::createTrayIcon() {
 }
 
 void MainWindow::setIcon() {
-    QIcon icon(":/images/icon.png");
+    QIcon icon(":icons/mask");
     trayIcon->setIcon(icon);
     setWindowIcon(icon);
 
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/resources/icons/mask.ico b/qt/i2pd_qt/resources/icons/mask.ico
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5807de5
Binary files /dev/null and b/qt/i2pd_qt/resources/icons/mask.ico differ
diff --git a/qt/i2pd_qt/images/icon.png b/qt/i2pd_qt/resources/images/icon.png
similarity index 100%
rename from qt/i2pd_qt/images/icon.png
rename to qt/i2pd_qt/resources/images/icon.png