diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f9837b090ef29b..eac79fc69abaab 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1783,9 +1783,14 @@ $(SCRIPT_LIB) : % : %.sh GIT-SCRIPT-DEFINES
 	$(QUIET_GEN)$(cmd_munge_script) && \
 	mv $@+ $@
 
+ifeq (,$(findstring .windows.,$(GIT_VERSION)))
+RC_VERSION_DEFS := $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR= -DMICRO=, $(wordlist 1,3,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(subst .windows., ,$(GIT_VERSION)))))) -DPATCHLEVEL=0
+else
+RC_VERSION_DEFS := $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR= -DMICRO= -DPATCHLEVEL=, $(wordlist 1,4,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(subst .windows., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))))
+endif
+
 git.res: git.rc GIT-VERSION-FILE GIT-PREFIX
-	$(QUIET_RC)$(RC) \
-	  $(join -DMAJOR= -DMINOR=, $(wordlist 1,2,$(subst -, ,$(subst ., ,$(GIT_VERSION))))) \
+	$(QUIET_RC)$(RC) $(RC_VERSION_DEFS) \
 	  -DGIT_VERSION="\\\"$(GIT_VERSION)\\\"" $< -o $@
 
 # This makes sure we depend on the NO_PERL setting itself.
diff --git a/git.rc b/git.rc
index 4aa4f9973ef917..cc3fdc6cc6cb83 100644
--- a/git.rc
+++ b/git.rc
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 1 VERSIONINFO
-FILEVERSION     MAJOR,MINOR,0,0
-PRODUCTVERSION  MAJOR,MINOR,0,0
+FILEVERSION     MAJOR,MINOR,MICRO,PATCHLEVEL
+PRODUCTVERSION  MAJOR,MINOR,MICRO,PATCHLEVEL
 BEGIN
   BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
   BEGIN