diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ffa815766..e7095d8a0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,13 @@
+2021-02-09  Xavier Claessens  <xavier.claessens@collabora.com>
+
+	* meson.build: Fix resource compilation on Windows.
+
+	This is copied from GStreamer's meson port of FreeType.
+
+	(ft2_sources): Add both debug and resource file (the latter for
+	Windows only).
+	(ft2_debug_src): Removed.
+
 2021-02-09  Xavier Claessens  <xavier.claessens@collabora.com>
 
 	* meson.build: s/ft2_libtool_version/ft2_pkgconfig_version/.
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 15cc9dfc9..df61dec12 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -215,11 +215,14 @@ endif
 # into `ftsystem.c` as well.
 #
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  ft2_debug_src = 'builds/windows/ftdebug.c'
+  winmod = import('windows')
+  ft2_sources += [
+    'builds/windows/ftdebug.c',
+    winmod.compile_resources('src/base/ftver.rc'),
+  ]
 else
-  ft2_debug_src = 'src/base/ftdebug.c'
+  ft2_sources += 'src/base/ftdebug.c'
 endif
-ft2_sources += files([ft2_debug_src])
 
 ft2_deps = []