diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33584d9ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#include "retroshare_win.rc.h"
+
+IDI_ICON1               ICON    "resources/rs.ico"
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc.h b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c2cfcae27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/retroshare_win.rc.h
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+/****************************************************************
+ *  RetroShare is distributed under the following license:
+ *
+ *  Copyright (C) 20010,  RetroShare Team
+ *
+ *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ *  as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2
+ *  of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *  GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *  along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor,
+ *  Boston, MA  02110-1301, USA.
+ ****************************************************************/
+
+
+#define IDI_ICON1     101
+
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/rs.ico b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/rs.ico
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..04898b69b
Binary files /dev/null and b/retroshare-nogui/src/resources/rs.ico differ
diff --git a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
index 36c76aa94..189978cba 100644
--- a/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
+++ b/retroshare-nogui/src/retroshare-nogui.pro
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ win32-x-g++ {
 #################################### Windows #####################################
 
 win32 {
-    CONFIG += console
+    CONFIG += console release
     OBJECTS_DIR = temp/obj
     RCC_DIR = temp/qrc
 	UI_DIR  = temp/ui
@@ -58,6 +58,8 @@ win32 {
     LIBS += -lws2_32 -luuid -lole32 -liphlpapi -lcrypt32-cygwin -lgdi32
     LIBS += -lole32 -lwinmm
     
+    RC_FILE = resources/retroshare_win.rc
+    
     DEFINES *= WINDOWS_SYS
 }