diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9bfae351..ef0dec46 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,95 +1,101 @@
-UNAME := $(shell uname -s)
-SHLIB := libi2pd.so
-ARLIB := libi2pd.a
-SHLIB_CLIENT := libi2pdclient.so
-ARLIB_CLIENT := libi2pdclient.a
-I2PD  := i2pd
-GREP := fgrep
-DEPS := obj/make.dep
-
-include filelist.mk
-
-USE_AESNI  := yes
-USE_STATIC := no
-
-ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
-	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
-	include Makefile.osx
-else ifeq ($(shell echo $(UNAME) | $(GREP) -c FreeBSD),1)
-	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
-	include Makefile.bsd
-else ifeq ($(UNAME),Linux)
-	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
-	include Makefile.linux
-else # win32 mingw
-	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonWin32.cpp Win32/Win32Service.cpp Win32/Win32App.cpp
-	WINDIR := True
-	include Makefile.mingw
-endif
-
-all: mk_build_dir $(ARLIB) $(ARLIB_CLIENT) $(I2PD)
-
-mk_build_dir:
-	mkdir -p obj
-     ifeq ($(WINDIR),True)
-	mkdir -p obj/Win32
-     endif
-
-api: mk_build_dir $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB)
-api_client: mk_build_dir $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
-
-## NOTE: The NEEDED_CXXFLAGS are here so that CXXFLAGS can be specified at build time
-## **without** overwriting the CXXFLAGS which we need in order to build.
-## For example, when adding 'hardening flags' to the build
-## (e.g. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security), we do not want to remove
-## -std=c++11. If you want to remove this variable please do so in a way that allows setting
-## custom FLAGS to work at build-time.
-
-deps:
-	@mkdir -p obj
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) -MM *.cpp > $(DEPS)
-	@sed -i -e '/\.o:/ s/^/obj\//' $(DEPS)
-
-obj/%.o : %.cpp
-	@mkdir -p obj
-	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPU_FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
-
-# '-' is 'ignore if missing' on first run
--include $(DEPS)
-
-$(I2PD):  $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(DAEMON_SRC)) $(ARLIB) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
-	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
-
-$(SHLIB): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_SRC))
-ifneq ($(USE_STATIC),yes)
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -shared -o $@ $^
-endif
-
-$(SHLIB_CLIENT): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_CLIENT_SRC))
-	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -shared -o $@ $^
-
-$(ARLIB): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_SRC))
-	ar -r $@ $^
-
-$(ARLIB_CLIENT): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_CLIENT_SRC))
-	ar -r $@ $^
-
-clean:
-	rm -rf obj
-	$(RM) $(I2PD) $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
-
-strip: $(I2PD) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(SHLIB)
-	strip $^
-
-LATEST_TAG=$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 master)
-dist:
-	git archive --format=tar.gz -9 --worktree-attributes \
-	    --prefix=i2pd_$(LATEST_TAG)/ $(LATEST_TAG) -o i2pd_$(LATEST_TAG).tar.gz
-
-.PHONY: all
-.PHONY: clean
-.PHONY: deps
-.PHONY: dist
-.PHONY: api
-.PHONY: api_client
-.PHONY: mk_build_dir
+UNAME := $(shell uname -s)
+SHLIB := libi2pd.so
+ARLIB := libi2pd.a
+SHLIB_CLIENT := libi2pdclient.so
+ARLIB_CLIENT := libi2pdclient.a
+I2PD  := i2pd
+GREP := fgrep
+DEPS := obj/make.dep
+
+include filelist.mk
+
+USE_AESNI  := yes
+USE_STATIC := no
+
+ifeq ($(UNAME),Darwin)
+	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
+	include Makefile.osx
+else ifeq ($(shell echo $(UNAME) | $(GREP) -c FreeBSD),1)
+	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
+	include Makefile.bsd
+else ifeq ($(UNAME),Linux)
+	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonLinux.cpp
+	include Makefile.linux
+else # win32 mingw
+	DAEMON_SRC += DaemonWin32.cpp Win32/Win32Service.cpp Win32/Win32App.cpp
+	DAEMON_RC += Win32/Resource.rc
+	WINDIR := True
+	include Makefile.mingw
+endif
+
+all: mk_build_dir $(ARLIB) $(ARLIB_CLIENT) $(I2PD)
+
+mk_build_dir:
+	mkdir -p obj
+     ifeq ($(WINDIR),True)
+	mkdir -p obj/Win32
+     endif
+
+api: mk_build_dir $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB)
+api_client: mk_build_dir $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
+
+## NOTE: The NEEDED_CXXFLAGS are here so that CXXFLAGS can be specified at build time
+## **without** overwriting the CXXFLAGS which we need in order to build.
+## For example, when adding 'hardening flags' to the build
+## (e.g. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security), we do not want to remove
+## -std=c++11. If you want to remove this variable please do so in a way that allows setting
+## custom FLAGS to work at build-time.
+
+deps:
+	@mkdir -p obj
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) -MM *.cpp > $(DEPS)
+	@sed -i -e '/\.o:/ s/^/obj\//' $(DEPS)
+
+obj/%.o : %.cpp
+	@mkdir -p obj
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) $(NEEDED_CXXFLAGS) $(INCFLAGS) $(CPU_FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
+
+obj/%.o : %.rc 
+	$(WINDRES) -i $< -o $@
+
+# '-' is 'ignore if missing' on first run
+-include $(DEPS)
+
+DAEMON_OBJS = $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(DAEMON_SRC)) 
+DAEMON_RES_OBJS = $(patsubst %.rc,obj/%.o,$(DAEMON_RC)) 
+$(I2PD): $(DAEMON_OBJS) $(DAEMON_RES_OBJS) $(ARLIB) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
+	$(CXX) -o $@ $^ $(LDLIBS) $(LDFLAGS)
+
+$(SHLIB): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_SRC))
+ifneq ($(USE_STATIC),yes)
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -shared -o $@ $^
+endif
+
+$(SHLIB_CLIENT): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_CLIENT_SRC))
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) $(LDLIBS) -shared -o $@ $^
+
+$(ARLIB): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_SRC))
+	ar -r $@ $^
+
+$(ARLIB_CLIENT): $(patsubst %.cpp,obj/%.o,$(LIB_CLIENT_SRC))
+	ar -r $@ $^
+
+clean:
+	rm -rf obj
+	$(RM) $(I2PD) $(SHLIB) $(ARLIB) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(ARLIB_CLIENT)
+
+strip: $(I2PD) $(SHLIB_CLIENT) $(SHLIB)
+	strip $^
+
+LATEST_TAG=$(shell git describe --tags --abbrev=0 master)
+dist:
+	git archive --format=tar.gz -9 --worktree-attributes \
+	    --prefix=i2pd_$(LATEST_TAG)/ $(LATEST_TAG) -o i2pd_$(LATEST_TAG).tar.gz
+
+.PHONY: all
+.PHONY: clean
+.PHONY: deps
+.PHONY: dist
+.PHONY: api
+.PHONY: api_client
+.PHONY: mk_build_dir
diff --git a/Makefile.mingw b/Makefile.mingw
index 24f33a11..632eca0c 100644
--- a/Makefile.mingw
+++ b/Makefile.mingw
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 CXX = g++
+WINDRES = windres
 CXXFLAGS = -O2 -D_MT -DWIN32 -D_WINDOWS -DWIN32_LEAN_AND_MEAN
 NEEDED_CXXFLAGS = -std=c++11
 BOOST_SUFFIX = -mt
 INCFLAGS = -I/usr/include/ -I/usr/local/include/
-LDFLAGS = -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/c/dev/openssl -L/c/dev/boost/lib
+LDFLAGS = -mwindows -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/lib -L/c/dev/openssl -L/c/dev/boost/lib
 LDLIBS = -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_system$(BOOST_SUFFIX) -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_date_time$(BOOST_SUFFIX) -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_filesystem$(BOOST_SUFFIX) -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_regex$(BOOST_SUFFIX) -Wl,-Bstatic -lboost_program_options$(BOOST_SUFFIX) -Wl,-Bstatic -lssl -Wl,-Bstatic -lcrypto -Wl,-Bstatic -lz -Wl,-Bstatic -lwsock32 -Wl,-Bstatic -lws2_32 -Wl,-Bstatic -lgdi32 -Wl,-Bstatic -liphlpapi -static-libgcc -static-libstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lstdc++ -Wl,-Bstatic -lpthread
 
 ifeq ($(USE_AESNI),1)