diff --git a/src/doomdef.h b/src/doomdef.h
index 11ca80538a0014563eb5761107a8da9f4efa1d4d..37edca896337a3b349c54b28345978d1bf0f74c0 100644
--- a/src/doomdef.h
+++ b/src/doomdef.h
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ extern char logfilename[1024];
 //#define DEVELOP // Disable this for release builds to remove excessive cheat commands and enable MD5 checking and stuff, all in one go. :3
 #ifdef DEVELOP
 #define VERSIONSTRING "Development EXE"
+#define VERSIONSTRING_RC "Development EXE" "\0"
 // most interface strings are ignored in development mode.
 // we use comprevision and compbranch instead.
 // VERSIONSTRING_RC is for the resource-definition script used by windows builds