diff --git a/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp b/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
index acb8e0958..f3cfeab61 100644
--- a/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/sdrgui/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,14 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(qtwebapp::LoggerWithFile *logger, const MainParser& parse
 
 	QString applicationDirPath = qApp->applicationDirPath();
 
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+    if (QResource::registerResource(applicationDirPath + "/sdrbase.rcc")) {
+        qDebug("MainWindow::MainWindow: registered resource file %s/%s", qPrintable(applicationDirPath), "sdrbase.rcc");
+    } else {
+        qWarning("MainWindow::MainWindow: could not register resource file %s/%s", qPrintable(applicationDirPath), "sdrbase.rcc");
+    }
+#endif
+
 	m_apiAdapter = new WebAPIAdapterGUI(*this);
 	m_requestMapper = new WebAPIRequestMapper(this);
 	m_requestMapper->setAdapter(m_apiAdapter);