diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
index 1718dd67c2..9a78d381c3 100644
--- a/.dockerignore
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@
 .gitignore
 appveyor.yml
 build
+/cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+/cli/winresources/*.syso
 /vndr.log
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index c479555c88..8a2dcbf68e 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@
 Thumbs.db
 .editorconfig
 /build/
-cli/winresources/rsrc_*.syso
+/cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+/cli/winresources/*.syso
 /man/man1/
 /man/man5/
 /man/man8/
diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 63e6ba8faf..76c93aca08 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ARG BASE_VARIANT=alpine
 ARG GO_VERSION=1.16.8
 ARG XX_VERSION=1.0.0-rc.2
+ARG GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION=v1.3.0
 
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:${GO_VERSION}-${BASE_VARIANT} AS gostable
 FROM --platform=$BUILDPLATFORM golang:1.17rc1-${BASE_VARIANT} AS golatest
@@ -47,9 +48,18 @@ ARG GO_STRIP
 ARG CGO_ENABLED
 # VERSION sets the version for the produced binary
 ARG VERSION
-RUN --mount=ro --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
+# COMPANY_NAME sets the company that produced the windows binary
+ARG COMPANY_NAME
+# GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION defines goversioninfo tool version
+ARG GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
+    # install goversioninfo tool
+    GO111MODULE=auto go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@${GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION}
+RUN --mount=type=bind,target=.,ro \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache \
     --mount=from=dockercore/golang-cross:xx-sdk-extras,target=/xx-sdk,src=/xx-sdk \
     --mount=type=tmpfs,target=cli/winresources \
+    # override the default behavior of go with xx-go
     xx-go --wrap && \
     # export GOCACHE=$(go env GOCACHE)/$(xx-info)$([ -f /etc/alpine-release ] && echo "alpine") && \
     TARGET=/out ./scripts/build/binary && \
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e476f21af9..b478b14ef6 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 #
 # github.com/docker/cli
 #
+
+# Sets the name of the company that produced the windows binary.
+COMPANY_NAME ?=
+
 all: binary
 
 _:=$(shell ./scripts/warn-outside-container $(MAKECMDGOALS))
diff --git a/cli/winresources/res_windows.go b/cli/winresources/res_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 033995d0bc..0000000000
--- a/cli/winresources/res_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-/*Package winresources is used to embed Windows resources into docker.exe.
-These resources are used to provide
-
-    * Version information
-    * An icon
-    * A Windows manifest declaring Windows version support
-
-The resource object files are generated when building with scripts/build/binary .
-The resource source files are located in scripts/winresources.
-This occurs automatically when you run scripts/build/windows.
-
-These object files are picked up automatically by go build when this package
-is included.
-
-*/
-package winresources
diff --git a/cli/winresources/winresources.go b/cli/winresources/winresources.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f6a63b7773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cli/winresources/winresources.go
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+// Package winresources is used to embed Windows resources into docker.exe.
+//
+// These resources are used to provide:
+// * Version information
+// * An icon
+// * A Windows manifest declaring Windows version support
+//
+// The resource object files are generated when building with goversioninfo
+// in scripts/build/binary and are located in cmd/docker/winresources.
+// This occurs automatically when you build against Windows OS.
+package winresources
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go
deleted file mode 100644
index 88ac499486..0000000000
--- a/cmd/docker/docker_windows.go
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-package main
-
-import _ "github.com/docker/cli/cli/winresources"
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows_386.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_386.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..76a948aa2e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_386.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build windows && 386
+// +build windows,386
+
+//go:generate goversioninfo -o=../../cli/winresources/resource.syso -icon=winresources/docker.ico -manifest=winresources/docker.exe.manifest ../../cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+
+package main
+
+import _ "github.com/docker/cli/cli/winresources"
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows_amd64.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_amd64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..514abc56f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_amd64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build windows && amd64
+// +build windows,amd64
+
+//go:generate goversioninfo -64=true -o=../../cli/winresources/resource.syso -icon=winresources/docker.ico -manifest=winresources/docker.exe.manifest ../../cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+
+package main
+
+import _ "github.com/docker/cli/cli/winresources"
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..378fe83616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build windows && arm
+// +build windows,arm
+
+//go:generate goversioninfo -arm=true -o=../../cli/winresources/resource.syso -icon=winresources/docker.ico -manifest=winresources/docker.exe.manifest ../../cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+
+package main
+
+import _ "github.com/docker/cli/cli/winresources"
diff --git a/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm64.go b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm64.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4dba5a8f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/docker/docker_windows_arm64.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+//go:build windows && arm64
+// +build windows,arm64
+
+//go:generate goversioninfo -arm=true -64=true -o=../../cli/winresources/resource.syso -icon=winresources/docker.ico -manifest=winresources/docker.exe.manifest ../../cli/winresources/versioninfo.json
+
+package main
+
+import _ "github.com/docker/cli/cli/winresources"
diff --git a/scripts/winresources/docker.exe.manifest b/cmd/docker/winresources/docker.exe.manifest
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/winresources/docker.exe.manifest
rename to cmd/docker/winresources/docker.exe.manifest
diff --git a/scripts/winresources/docker.ico b/cmd/docker/winresources/docker.ico
similarity index 100%
rename from scripts/winresources/docker.ico
rename to cmd/docker/winresources/docker.ico
diff --git a/docker-bake.hcl b/docker-bake.hcl
index 59598dfe69..90978c7fb3 100644
--- a/docker-bake.hcl
+++ b/docker-bake.hcl
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ variable "STRIP_TARGET" {
     default = ""
 }
 
+# Sets the name of the company that produced the windows binary.
+variable "COMPANY_NAME" {
+    default = ""
+}
+
 group "default" {
     targets = ["binary"]
 }
@@ -21,6 +26,7 @@ target "binary" {
     args = {
         BASE_VARIANT = USE_GLIBC != "" ? "buster" : "alpine"
         VERSION = VERSION
+        COMPANY_NAME = COMPANY_NAME
         GO_STRIP = STRIP_TARGET
     }
 }
diff --git a/docker.Makefile b/docker.Makefile
index 11b675a603..9310d33c3f 100644
--- a/docker.Makefile
+++ b/docker.Makefile
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ DOCKER_CLI_MOUNTS ?= -v "$(CURDIR)":/go/src/github.com/docker/cli
 DOCKER_CLI_CONTAINER_NAME ?=
 DOCKER_CLI_GO_BUILD_CACHE ?= y
 
+# Sets the name of the company that produced the windows binary.
+COMPANY_NAME ?=
+
 DEV_DOCKER_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-dev$(IMAGE_TAG)
 BINARY_NATIVE_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-native$(IMAGE_TAG)
 CROSS_IMAGE_NAME = docker-cli-cross$(IMAGE_TAG)
@@ -44,7 +47,7 @@ DOCKER_RUN := docker run --rm $(ENVVARS) $(DOCKER_CLI_MOUNTS) $(DOCKER_RUN_NAME_
 
 .PHONY: binary
 binary:
-	docker buildx bake binary
+	COMPANY_NAME=$(COMPANY_NAME) docker buildx bake binary
 
 build: binary ## alias for binary
 
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ test: test-unit test-e2e
 
 .PHONY: cross
 cross:
-	docker buildx bake cross
+	COMPANY_NAME=$(COMPANY_NAME) docker buildx bake cross
 
 .PHONY: plugins-windows
 plugins-windows: build_cross_image ## build the example CLI plugins for Windows
@@ -77,7 +80,7 @@ plugins-osx: build_cross_image ## build the example CLI plugins for macOS
 
 .PHONY: dynbinary
 dynbinary: ## build dynamically linked binary
-	USE_GLIBC=1 docker buildx bake dynbinary
+	USE_GLIBC=1 COMPANY_NAME=$(COMPANY_NAME)  docker buildx bake dynbinary
 
 .PHONY: dev
 dev: build_docker_image ## start a build container in interactive mode for in-container development
diff --git a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
index a6c611c6b4..fd7af19285 100644
--- a/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
+++ b/dockerfiles/Dockerfile.dev
@@ -19,6 +19,13 @@ RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
     --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/go/src/ \
     GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/LK4D4/vndr@${VNDR_VERSION}
 
+FROM golang AS goversioninfo
+ARG GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION=v1.3.0
+RUN --mount=type=cache,target=/root/.cache/go-build \
+    --mount=type=cache,target=/go/pkg/mod \
+    --mount=type=tmpfs,target=/go/src/ \
+    GO111MODULE=on go install github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/cmd/goversioninfo@${GOVERSIONINFO_VERSION}
+
 FROM golang AS dev
 RUN  apk add --no-cache \
     bash \
@@ -32,8 +39,9 @@ CMD bash
 ENV DISABLE_WARN_OUTSIDE_CONTAINER=1
 ENV PATH=$PATH:/go/src/github.com/docker/cli/build
 
-COPY --from=vndr      /go/bin/* /go/bin/
-COPY --from=gotestsum /go/bin/* /go/bin/
+COPY --from=vndr            /go/bin/* /go/bin/
+COPY --from=gotestsum       /go/bin/* /go/bin/
+COPY --from=goversioninfo   /go/bin/* /go/bin/
 
 WORKDIR /go/src/github.com/docker/cli
 ENV GO111MODULE=auto
diff --git a/scripts/build/binary b/scripts/build/binary
index 7d134fc6f5..e807878b67 100755
--- a/scripts/build/binary
+++ b/scripts/build/binary
@@ -54,30 +54,19 @@ if [ -n "$GO_STRIP" ]; then
     LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS -s -w"
 fi
 
-if [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "windows" ]; then
-    : "${WINDRES=$($(go env CC) --print-prog-name=windres)}"
-    if [ -z "$WINDRES" ]; then
-        >&2 echo "Empty WINDRES detected, skipping manifesting binary"
-    else
-        # Generate a Windows file version of the form major,minor,patch,build
-        VERSION_QUAD=$(printf "%s" "$VERSION" | sed -re 's/^([0-9.]*).*$/\1/' | tr . , | sed -re 's/,$//' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+$/\0,0/' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+,[0-9]+$/\0,0/' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+,[0-9]+,[0-9]+$/\0,0/')
-
-        set --
-        [ -n "$VERSION" ]      && set -- "$@" -D "DOCKER_VERSION=\"$VERSION\""
-        [ -n "$VERSION_QUAD" ] && set -- "$@" -D "DOCKER_VERSION_QUAD=$VERSION_QUAD"
-        [ -n "$GITCOMMIT" ]    && set -- "$@" -D "DOCKER_COMMIT=\"$GITCOMMIT\""
-
-        target="$(dirname "$0")/../../cli/winresources/rsrc_$(go env GOARCH).syso"
-        mkdir -p "$(dirname "${target}")"
-        "$WINDRES" -i "$(dirname "$0")/../winresources/docker.rc" -o "$target" --use-temp-file "$@"
-        echo "package winresources" > "$(dirname "${target}")/stub_windows.go"
-    fi
-fi
-
 echo "Building $GO_LINKMODE $(basename "${TARGET}")"
 
 export GO111MODULE=auto
 
-go build -o "${TARGET}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" --ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "${SOURCE}"
+if [ "$(go env GOOS)" = "windows" ]; then
+  if [ ! -x "$(command -v goversioninfo)" ]; then
+    >&2 echo "goversioninfo not found, skipping manifesting binary"
+  else
+    ./scripts/build/mkversioninfo
+    (set -x ; go generate -v "${SOURCE}")
+  fi
+fi
+
+(set -x ; go build -o "${TARGET}" -tags "${GO_BUILDTAGS}" --ldflags "${LDFLAGS}" ${GO_BUILDMODE} "${SOURCE}")
 
 ln -sf "$(basename "${TARGET}")" "$(dirname "${TARGET}")/docker"
diff --git a/scripts/build/mkversioninfo b/scripts/build/mkversioninfo
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e1d89fc766
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build/mkversioninfo
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+set -eu
+
+: "${COMPANY_NAME=}"
+
+. ./scripts/build/.variables
+
+# Create version quad for Windows of the form major.minor.patch.build
+VERSION_QUAD=$(printf "%s" "$VERSION" | sed -re 's/^([0-9.]*).*$/\1/' | sed -re 's/\.$//' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+$/\0\.0/' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/\0\.0/' | sed -re 's/^[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+$/\0\.0/')
+
+# Generate versioninfo.json to be able to create a syso file which contains
+# Microsoft Windows Version Information and an icon using goversioninfo.
+# https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/menurc/stringfileinfo-block
+# https://github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo/blob/master/testdata/resource/versioninfo.json
+cat > ./cli/winresources/versioninfo.json <<EOL
+{
+  "FixedFileInfo":
+  {
+    "FileVersion": {
+      "Major": $(echo "$VERSION_QUAD" | cut -d. -f1),
+      "Minor": $(echo "$VERSION_QUAD" | cut -d. -f2),
+      "Patch": $(echo "$VERSION_QUAD" | cut -d. -f3),
+      "Build": $(echo "$VERSION_QUAD" | cut -d. -f4)
+    },
+    "FileFlagsMask": "3f",
+    "FileFlags ": "00",
+    "FileOS": "040004",
+    "FileType": "01",
+    "FileSubType": "00"
+  },
+  "StringFileInfo":
+  {
+    "Comments": "",
+    "CompanyName": "${COMPANY_NAME}",
+    "FileDescription": "Docker Client",
+    "FileVersion": "${VERSION_QUAD}",
+    "InternalName": "",
+    "LegalCopyright": "Copyright © 2015-$(date +'%Y') Docker Inc.",
+    "LegalTrademarks": "",
+    "OriginalFilename": "$(basename "${TARGET}")",
+    "PrivateBuild": "",
+    "ProductName": "Docker Client",
+    "ProductVersion": "${VERSION}",
+    "SpecialBuild": "${GITCOMMIT}"
+  },
+  "VarFileInfo":
+  {
+    "Translation": {
+      "LangID": "0409",
+      "CharsetID": "04B0"
+    }
+  }
+}
+EOL
+(set -x ; cat ./cli/winresources/versioninfo.json)
+
+# Create winresources package stub if removed while using tmpfs in Dockerfile
+if [ ! -f "./cli/winresources/winresources.go" ]; then
+  echo "package winresources" > "./cli/winresources/winresources.go"
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/winresources/common.rc b/scripts/winresources/common.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 000fb35367..0000000000
--- a/scripts/winresources/common.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-// Application icon
-1 ICON "docker.ico"
-
-// Windows executable manifest
-1 24 /* RT_MANIFEST */ "docker.exe.manifest"
-
-// Version information
-1 VERSIONINFO
-
-#ifdef DOCKER_VERSION_QUAD
-FILEVERSION     DOCKER_VERSION_QUAD
-PRODUCTVERSION  DOCKER_VERSION_QUAD
-#endif
-
-BEGIN
-  BLOCK "StringFileInfo"
-  BEGIN
-    BLOCK "000004B0"
-    BEGIN
-      VALUE "ProductName", DOCKER_NAME
-
-#ifdef DOCKER_VERSION
-      VALUE "FileVersion", DOCKER_VERSION
-      VALUE "ProductVersion", DOCKER_VERSION
-#endif
-
-#ifdef DOCKER_COMMIT
-      VALUE "OriginalFileName", DOCKER_COMMIT
-#endif
-
-    END
-  END
-
-  BLOCK "VarFileInfo"
-  BEGIN
-    VALUE "Translation", 0x0000, 0x04B0
-  END
-END
diff --git a/scripts/winresources/docker.rc b/scripts/winresources/docker.rc
deleted file mode 100644
index 40c645ad1d..0000000000
--- a/scripts/winresources/docker.rc
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-#define DOCKER_NAME "Docker Client"
-
-#include "common.rc"