diff --git a/src/Compilation.zig b/src/Compilation.zig
index d9273dcdd8..902586bf7a 100644
--- a/src/Compilation.zig
+++ b/src/Compilation.zig
@@ -4436,7 +4436,7 @@ pub fn addCCArgs(
                 try argv.append("-fno-unwind-tables");
             }
         },
-        .shared_library, .ll, .bc, .unknown, .static_library, .object, .def, .zig => {},
+        .shared_library, .ll, .bc, .unknown, .static_library, .object, .def, .zig, .res => {},
         .assembly, .assembly_with_cpp => {
             // The Clang assembler does not accept the list of CPU features like the
             // compiler frontend does. Therefore we must hard-code the -m flags for
@@ -4602,6 +4602,7 @@ pub const FileExt = enum {
     static_library,
     zig,
     def,
+    res,
     unknown,
 
     pub fn clangSupportsDepFile(ext: FileExt) bool {
@@ -4617,6 +4618,7 @@ pub const FileExt = enum {
             .static_library,
             .zig,
             .def,
+            .res,
             .unknown,
             => false,
         };
@@ -4639,6 +4641,7 @@ pub const FileExt = enum {
             .static_library => target.staticLibSuffix(),
             .zig => ".zig",
             .def => ".def",
+            .res => ".res",
             .unknown => "",
         };
     }
@@ -4730,6 +4733,8 @@ pub fn classifyFileExt(filename: []const u8) FileExt {
         return .cu;
     } else if (mem.endsWith(u8, filename, ".def")) {
         return .def;
+    } else if (mem.endsWith(u8, filename, ".res")) {
+        return .res;
     } else {
         return .unknown;
     }
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index 02e1ef6f00..95062c1723 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -1510,7 +1510,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                     }
                 } else switch (file_ext orelse
                     Compilation.classifyFileExt(arg)) {
-                    .object, .static_library, .shared_library => try link_objects.append(.{ .path = arg }),
+                    .object, .static_library, .shared_library, .res => try link_objects.append(.{ .path = arg }),
                     .assembly, .assembly_with_cpp, .c, .cpp, .h, .ll, .bc, .m, .mm, .cu => {
                         try c_source_files.append(.{
                             .src_path = arg,
@@ -1605,7 +1605,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
                                 .ext = file_ext, // duped while parsing the args.
                             });
                         },
-                        .unknown, .shared_library, .object, .static_library => try link_objects.append(.{
+                        .unknown, .shared_library, .object, .static_library, .res => try link_objects.append(.{
                             .path = it.only_arg,
                             .must_link = must_link,
                         }),