diff --git a/windows/Makefile b/windows/Makefile
index d164a8ab..5fb5d57d 100644
--- a/windows/Makefile
+++ b/windows/Makefile
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ pkg: all
 	$(CP) ../src/liblzma/api/lzma/*.h pkg/include/lzma
 
 %_rc.o: %.rc
-	$(WINDRES) $< $@
+	$(WINDRES) $(ALL_CPPFLAGS) $< $@
 
 
 ###############
diff --git a/windows/common.rc b/windows/common.rc
index 18bc6c13..0142d15a 100644
--- a/windows/common.rc
+++ b/windows/common.rc
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 #include <winresrc.h>
 #include "config.h"
+#define LZMA_H_INTERNAL
+#define LZMA_H_INTERNAL_RC
+#include "lzma/version.h"
 
-#define MY_VER_MAJOR 4
-#define MY_VER_MINOR 999
-#define MY_VER_PATCH 8
-#ifndef MY_VER_BUILD
-# define MY_VER_BUILD 0
+#ifndef MY_BUILD
+# define MY_BUILD 0
 #endif
-#define MY_VERSION MY_VER_MAJOR,MY_VER_MINOR,MY_VER_PATCH,MY_VER_BUILD
+#define MY_VERSION LZMA_VERSION_MAJOR,LZMA_VERSION_MINOR,LZMA_VERSION_PATCH,MY_BUILD
 
 #define MY_FILENAME    MY_NAME MY_SUFFIX
 #define MY_COMPANY     "Lasse Collin and Igor Pavlov"
@@ -31,12 +31,12 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", MY_COMMENTS
             VALUE "CompanyName", MY_COMPANY
             VALUE "FileDescription", MY_DESC
-            VALUE "FileVersion", PACKAGE_VERSION
+            VALUE "FileVersion", LZMA_VERSION_STRING
             VALUE "InternalName", MY_NAME
             VALUE "LegalCopyright", MY_COPYRIGHT
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", MY_FILENAME
             VALUE "ProductName", PACKAGE_NAME
-            VALUE "ProductVersion", PACKAGE_VERSION
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", LZMA_VERSION_STRING
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
diff --git a/windows/config.h b/windows/config.h
index 4a055e8c..4d337134 100644
--- a/windows/config.h
+++ b/windows/config.h
@@ -140,24 +140,12 @@
 /* Define to 1 if the system has the type `_Bool'. */
 #define HAVE__BOOL 1
 
-/* Name of package */
-#define PACKAGE "xz"
-
 /* Define to the address where bug reports for this package should be sent. */
 #define PACKAGE_BUGREPORT "lasse.collin@tukaani.org"
 
 /* Define to the full name of this package. */
 #define PACKAGE_NAME "XZ Utils"
 
-/* Define to the full name and version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_STRING "XZ Utils 4.999.8beta"
-
-/* Define to the one symbol short name of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_TARNAME "xz"
-
-/* Define to the version of this package. */
-#define PACKAGE_VERSION "4.999.8beta"
-
 /* The size of `size_t', as computed by sizeof. */
 #ifdef _WIN64
 # define SIZEOF_SIZE_T 8
@@ -168,9 +156,6 @@
 /* Define to 1 if you have the ANSI C header files. */
 #define STDC_HEADERS 1
 
-/* Version number of package */
-#define VERSION "4.999.8beta"
-
 /* Define WORDS_BIGENDIAN to 1 if your processor stores words with the most
    significant byte first (like Motorola and SPARC, unlike Intel and VAX). */
 #if defined __BIG_ENDIAN__