diff --git a/expat/CMakeLists.txt b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
index ea32106b..325a4a72 100644
--- a/expat/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/expat/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -403,7 +403,8 @@ if(EXPAT_SHARED_LIBS)
 
         # Add DLL version
         string(REPLACE "." "," _EXPAT_DLL_VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}.0)
-        set(_EXPAT_EXTRA_SOURCES ${_EXPAT_EXTRA_SOURCES} win32/version.rc)
+        configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/win32/version.rc.cmake" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/win32/version.rc")
+        set(_EXPAT_EXTRA_SOURCES ${_EXPAT_EXTRA_SOURCES} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/win32/version.rc")
     endif()
 else()
     set(_SHARED STATIC)
diff --git a/expat/Makefile.am b/expat/Makefile.am
index 37ae3738..b071fcfe 100644
--- a/expat/Makefile.am
+++ b/expat/Makefile.am
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ _EXTRA_DIST_WINDOWS = \
     win32/expat.iss \
     win32/MANIFEST.txt \
     win32/README.txt \
-    win32/version.rc
+    win32/version.rc.cmake
 
 EXTRA_DIST = \
     $(_EXTRA_DIST_CMAKE) \
diff --git a/expat/win32/.gitignore b/expat/win32/.gitignore
index e7546777..8c01fe20 100644
--- a/expat/win32/.gitignore
+++ b/expat/win32/.gitignore
@@ -8,3 +8,4 @@ expat.PR
 expat.PRI
 expat.PS
 expat.WK3
+version.rc
diff --git a/expat/win32/expat.iss b/expat/win32/expat.iss
index ce9f3bb6..4116aa5b 100644
--- a/expat/win32/expat.iss
+++ b/expat/win32/expat.iss
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ Flags: ignoreversion; Source: doc\*.css;                    DestDir: "{app}\Doc"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: doc\*.xml;                    DestDir: "{app}\Doc"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: win32\bin\Release\*.dll;      DestDir: "{app}\Bin"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: win32\bin\Release\*.lib;      DestDir: "{app}\Bin"
-Flags: ignoreversion; Source: win32\version.rc;             DestDir: "{app}\Source\win32"
+Flags: ignoreversion; Source: win32\version.rc.cmake;       DestDir: "{app}\Source\win32"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: win32\README.txt;             DestDir: "{app}\Source"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: AUTHORS;                      DestDir: "{app}\Source"
 Flags: ignoreversion; Source: Changes;                      DestDir: "{app}\Source"
diff --git a/expat/win32/version.rc b/expat/win32/version.rc.cmake
similarity index 69%
rename from expat/win32/version.rc
rename to expat/win32/version.rc.cmake
index 64a4dadf..4b883f37 100644
--- a/expat/win32/version.rc
+++ b/expat/win32/version.rc.cmake
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ BEGIN
   BEGIN
     BLOCK "040904E4"
     BEGIN
-      VALUE "FileVersion", "VER_FILEVERSION"
-      VALUE "ProductVersion", "VER_FILEVERSION"
+      VALUE "FileVersion", "${PROJECT_VERSION}.0"
+      VALUE "ProductVersion", "${PROJECT_VERSION}.0"
     END
   END
   BLOCK "VarFileInfo"