diff --git a/qb/qb.comp.sh b/qb/qb.comp.sh
index b30e0524b9..72fbb7d599 100644
--- a/qb/qb.comp.sh
+++ b/qb/qb.comp.sh
@@ -52,3 +52,12 @@ EOF
 	echo "$ECHOBUF ... $CXX"
 	rm -f "$TEMP_CXX" "$TEMP_EXE"
 fi
+
+if [ "$OS" = "Win32" ]; then
+	ECHOBUF="Checking for windres"
+	if [ -z "$WINDRES" ]; then
+		WINDRES=$(which ${CROSS_COMPILE}windres)
+		[ "$WINDRES" ] || { echo "$ECHOBUF ... Not found. Exiting."; exit 1; }
+	fi
+	echo "$ECHOBUF ... $WINDRES"
+fi
diff --git a/qb/qb.libs.sh b/qb/qb.libs.sh
index 7a5b260147..c91b54350e 100644
--- a/qb/qb.libs.sh
+++ b/qb/qb.libs.sh
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ create_config_make()
 			echo "CXX = $CXX"
 			echo "CXXFLAGS = $CXXFLAGS"
 		fi
+		echo "WINDRES = $WINDRES"
 		echo "ASFLAGS = $ASFLAGS"
 		echo "LDFLAGS = $LDFLAGS"
 		echo "INCLUDE_DIRS = $INCLUDE_DIRS"