diff --git a/ILSpy/ILSpy.csproj b/ILSpy/ILSpy.csproj
index 0146a4add..dc2996195 100644
--- a/ILSpy/ILSpy.csproj
+++ b/ILSpy/ILSpy.csproj
@@ -75,6 +75,21 @@
     <None Remove="Properties\app.config.template" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Update="Properties\Resources.Designer.cs">
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Update="Properties\Resources.resx">
+      <Generator>PublicResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.cs</LastGenOutput>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\ICSharpCode.Decompiler\ICSharpCode.Decompiler.csproj" />
     <ProjectReference Include="..\SharpTreeView\ICSharpCode.TreeView.csproj" />