diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4816731..8e70cc6 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,12 @@ gon.hcl
 
 /Build
 .DS_Store
+
+# Release folder
+dist/
+
+# Binaries
+ctrld-*
+
+# generated file
+cmd/cli/rsrc_*.syso
diff --git a/cmd/cli/winres/winres.json b/cmd/cli/winres/winres.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fd12759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cli/winres/winres.json
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+{
+  "RT_VERSION": {
+    "#1": {
+      "0000": {
+        "fixed": {
+          "file_version": "0.0.0.1"
+        },
+        "info": {
+          "0409": {
+            "CompanyName": "ControlD Inc",
+            "FileDescription": "Control D DNS daemon",
+            "ProductName": "ctrld",
+            "InternalName": "ctrld",
+            "LegalCopyright": "ControlD Inc 2024"
+          }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/cmd/cli/winres_windows.go b/cmd/cli/winres_windows.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30ebd95
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/cli/winres_windows.go
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+//go:generate go-winres make --product-version=git-tag --file-version=git-tag
+package cli
+
+// Placeholder file for windows builds.
diff --git a/scripts/build.sh b/scripts/build.sh
index 567b745..2faeddc 100755
--- a/scripts/build.sh
+++ b/scripts/build.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ build() {
       if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "0" ]; then
         binary=${binary}-nocgo
       fi
+      GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} GOARM=${3} "$go" generate ./...
       GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} GOARM=${3} "$go" build -ldflags="$ldflags" -o "$binary" ./cmd/ctrld
       compress "$binary"
       ;;
@@ -81,6 +82,7 @@ build() {
       if [ "$CGO_ENABLED" = "0" ]; then
         binary=${binary}-nocgo
       fi
+      GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} GOMIPS=softfloat "$go" generate ./...
       GOOS=${goos} GOARCH=${goarch} GOMIPS=softfloat "$go" build -ldflags="$ldflags" -o "$binary" ./cmd/ctrld
       compress "$binary"
       ;;