diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py b/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
index 3250c072ca9a..bb8f0a1525ad 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/windows.py
@@ -155,6 +155,9 @@ def compile_resources(self, state: 'ModuleState',
                     build.IncludeDirs('', [], False, [os.path.join('@BUILD_ROOT@', self.interpreter.backend.get_target_dir(d))])
                 ])
         include_directories = self.interpreter.extract_incdirs(kwargs)
+        self_dir = build.IncludeDirs(state.subdir, ['.'], False)
+        if self_dir not in include_directories:
+            include_directories.append(self_dir)
         extra_args += state.get_include_args(include_directories)
 
         rescomp, rescomp_type = self._find_resource_compiler(state)
diff --git a/test cases/windows/15 resource scripts with duplicate filenames/meson.build b/test cases/windows/15 resource scripts with duplicate filenames/meson.build
index 9fa352520b88..6dd97ef0b9bb 100644
--- a/test cases/windows/15 resource scripts with duplicate filenames/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/windows/15 resource scripts with duplicate filenames/meson.build	
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 project('foobar', 'c')
 
+if meson.get_compiler('c').get_id() == 'gcc' and host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    error('MESON_SKIP_TEST windres has internal error when adding . to include path')
+endif
+
 win = import('windows')
 
 subdir('a')
diff --git a/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/dummy.h b/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/dummy.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e69de29bb2d1
diff --git a/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/meson.build b/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/meson.build
index 74e0778d2f7b..2b11a242effb 100644
--- a/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/meson.build	
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 win = import('windows')
 
-res = win.compile_resources('myres.rc',
+myres = configure_file(input: 'myres.rc.in', output: 'myres.rc', copy: true)
+
+res = win.compile_resources(myres,
   depend_files: 'sample.ico',
   include_directories : inc,
   args : [['-DFOO'], '-DBAR'])
diff --git a/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc b/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc.in
similarity index 78%
rename from test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc
rename to test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc.in
index 802bc7b45a06..54fd51e610cb 100644
--- a/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc	
+++ b/test cases/windows/5 resources/res/myres.rc.in	
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include<windows.h>
 #include"resource.h"
+#include "dummy.h"
 
 ICON_ID ICON "sample.ico"