diff --git a/win/jpeg.rc.in b/win/jpeg.rc.in
index fca72b7f..650fbe97 100644
--- a/win/jpeg.rc.in
+++ b/win/jpeg.rc.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "ProductVersion", "@VERSION@"
             VALUE "ProductName", "@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@"
             VALUE "InternalName", "jpeg@SO_MAJOR_VERSION@"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \xA9 @COPYRIGHT_YEAR@ The libjpeg-turbo Project and many others"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", L"Copyright \xA9 @COPYRIGHT_YEAR@ The libjpeg-turbo Project and many others"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "jpeg@SO_MAJOR_VERSION@.dll"
         END
     END
diff --git a/win/turbojpeg.rc.in b/win/turbojpeg.rc.in
index cc7ab3a7..c6cfc2df 100644
--- a/win/turbojpeg.rc.in
+++ b/win/turbojpeg.rc.in
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ BEGIN
             VALUE "ProductVersion", "@VERSION@"
             VALUE "ProductName", "@CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME@"
             VALUE "InternalName", "turbojpeg"
-            VALUE "LegalCopyright", "Copyright \xA9 @COPYRIGHT_YEAR@ The libjpeg-turbo Project and many others"
+            VALUE "LegalCopyright", L"Copyright \xA9 @COPYRIGHT_YEAR@ The libjpeg-turbo Project and many others"
             VALUE "OriginalFilename", "turbojpeg.dll"
         END
     END