diff --git a/code/CMakeLists.txt b/code/CMakeLists.txt
index d2488d6f2..53394543a 100644
--- a/code/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/code/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ SET( Core_SRCS
   Common/Assimp.cpp
 )
 
-IF(MSVC)
+IF(MSVC OR (MINGW AND BUILD_SHARED_LIBS))
   list(APPEND Core_SRCS "res/assimp.rc")
 ENDIF()
 
diff --git a/code/res/assimp.rc b/code/res/assimp.rc
index 9ae821b4b..c36d812f8 100644
--- a/code/res/assimp.rc
+++ b/code/res/assimp.rc
@@ -1,80 +1,37 @@
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
-//
-#include "resource.h"
 #include "revision.h"
+#include "winres.h"
 
-#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
-//
-#define APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS
-#include "windows.h"
-#undef APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Deutsch (Deutschland) resources
-
-#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_DEU)
-#ifdef _WIN32
-LANGUAGE LANG_GERMAN, SUBLANG_GERMAN
+LANGUAGE LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_NEUTRAL
 #pragma code_page(1252)
-#endif //_WIN32
-
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Version
-//
 
 VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
  FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
  PRODUCTVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
- FILEFLAGSMASK 0x17L
+ FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FF_DEBUG
 #ifdef _DEBUG
- FILEFLAGS 0x1L
-#else
- FILEFLAGS 0x0L
+ FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
 #endif
- FILEOS 0x4L
- FILETYPE 0x7L
- FILESUBTYPE 0x0L
+ FILEOS VOS_NT
+ FILETYPE VFT_DLL
 BEGIN
     BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
     BEGIN
-        BLOCK "040704b0"
+        BLOCK "000004B0"
         BEGIN
             VALUE "Comments", "Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license"
-            VALUE "CompanyName", "assimp team"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "ASSIMP Team"
             VALUE "FileDescription", "Open Asset Import Library"
-            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION
-            VALUE "InternalName", "assimp "
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright (C) 2006-2020"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+            VALUE "InternalName", "assimp"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_COPYRIGHT_STR
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", VER_ORIGINAL_FILENAME_STR
             VALUE "ProductName", "Open Asset Import Library"
             VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
-		,0
         END
     END
     BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
     BEGIN
-        VALUE "Translation", 0x407, 1200
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x0, 65001
     END
 END
 
-#endif    // Deutsch (Deutschland) resources
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-
-#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
-//
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-
diff --git a/code/res/resource.h b/code/res/resource.h
deleted file mode 100644
index c28c05073..000000000
--- a/code/res/resource.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
-// Used by assimp.rc
-
-// Next standard values for new objects
-//
-#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        101
-#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         40001
-#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1001
-#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           101
-#endif
-#endif
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f4b61387..e66a5694d 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -47,16 +47,19 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 
 LINK_DIRECTORIES( ${Assimp_BINARY_DIR} ${Assimp_BINARY_DIR}/lib )
 
+if(WIN32)
+  set ( ASSIMP_CMD_RC assimp_cmd.rc)
+endif()
+
 ADD_EXECUTABLE( assimp_cmd
-  assimp_cmd.rc
   CompareDump.cpp
   ImageExtractor.cpp
   Main.cpp
   Main.h
-  resource.h
   WriteDump.cpp
   Info.cpp
   Export.cpp
+  ${ASSIMP_CMD_RC}
 )
 
 TARGET_USE_COMMON_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY(assimp_cmd)
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/assimp_cmd.rc b/tools/assimp_cmd/assimp_cmd.rc
index e67100698..94572b7e0 100644
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/assimp_cmd.rc
+++ b/tools/assimp_cmd/assimp_cmd.rc
@@ -1,51 +1,39 @@
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated resource script.
-//
-#include "resource.h"
-#include "../../revision.h"
+#include "revision.h"
+#include "winres.h"
 
-#define APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 2 resource.
-//
-#define APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS
-#include "windows.h"
-#undef APSTUDIO_HIDDEN_SYMBOLS
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#undef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// Deutsch (Deutschland) resources
-
-#if !defined(AFX_RESOURCE_DLL) || defined(AFX_TARG_DEU)
-#ifdef _WIN32
-LANGUAGE LANG_GERMAN, SUBLANG_GERMAN
+LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US
 #pragma code_page(1252)
-#endif //_WIN32
 
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Icon
-//
+IDI_ASSIMP_CMD         ICON                    "../shared/assimp_tools_icon.ico"
 
-// Icon with lowest ID value placed first to ensure application icon
-// remains consistent on all systems.
-IDI_ASSIMP_VIEW         ICON                    "../shared/assimp_tools_icon.ico"
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-#ifndef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-//
-// Generated from the TEXTINCLUDE 3 resource.
-//
-
-
-/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-#endif    // not APSTUDIO_INVOKED
+VS_VERSION_INFO VERSIONINFO
+ FILEVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
+ PRODUCTVERSION VER_FILEVERSION
+ FILEFLAGSMASK VS_FF_DEBUG
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+ FILEFLAGS VS_FF_DEBUG
 #endif
+ FILEOS VOS_NT
+ FILETYPE VFT_APP
+BEGIN
+    BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        BLOCK "040904B0"
+        BEGIN
+            VALUE "Comments", "Licensed under a 3-clause BSD license"
+            VALUE "CompanyName", "ASSIMP Team"
+            VALUE "FileDescription", "ASSIMP CMD Application"
+            VALUE "FileVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+            VALUE "InternalName", "assimp"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", VER_COPYRIGHT_STR
+            VALUE "OriginalFilename", "assimp.exe"
+            VALUE "ProductName", "ASSIMP CMD Application"
+            VALUE "ProductVersion", VER_FILEVERSION_STR
+        END
+    END
+    BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
+    BEGIN
+        VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 65001
+    END
+END
+
diff --git a/tools/assimp_cmd/resource.h b/tools/assimp_cmd/resource.h
deleted file mode 100644
index caf3a0a69..000000000
--- a/tools/assimp_cmd/resource.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-//{{NO_DEPENDENCIES}}
-// Microsoft Visual C++ generated include file.
-// Used by assimp_view.rc
-//
-#define IDC_MYICON                      2
-#define IDD_ASSIMP_VIEW_DIALOG          102
-#define IDD_ABOUTBOX                    103
-#define IDI_ASSIMP_VIEW                 107
-
-
-// Next default values for new objects
-//
-#ifdef APSTUDIO_INVOKED
-#ifndef APSTUDIO_READONLY_SYMBOLS
-#define _APS_NO_MFC                     1
-#define _APS_NEXT_RESOURCE_VALUE        159
-#define _APS_NEXT_COMMAND_VALUE         32831
-#define _APS_NEXT_CONTROL_VALUE         1052
-#define _APS_NEXT_SYMED_VALUE           110
-#endif
-#endif