diff --git a/interface/CMakeLists.txt b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
index b1268e331e..d3a241c675 100644
--- a/interface/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/interface/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,11 +82,13 @@ file (GLOB_RECURSE QT_UI_FILES ui/*.ui)
 # have qt5 wrap them and generate the appropriate header files
 qt5_wrap_ui(QT_UI_HEADERS "${QT_UI_FILES}")
 
+# use the Qt Resource System to bundle in our resources
+qt5_add_resources(QRC_RESOURCE_FILE resources/interface.qrc)
+
 # add them to the interface source files
-set(INTERFACE_SRCS ${INTERFACE_SRCS} "${QT_UI_HEADERS}")
+set(INTERFACE_SRCS ${INTERFACE_SRCS} "${QT_UI_HEADERS}" "${QRC_RESOURCE_FILE}")
 
 if (APPLE)
-
   # configure CMake to use a custom Info.plist
   SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES( ${this_target} PROPERTIES MACOSX_BUNDLE_INFO_PLIST MacOSXBundleInfo.plist.in )
 
diff --git a/interface/resources/interface.qrc b/interface/resources/interface.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0e214509d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/interface/resources/interface.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+<!DOCTYPE RCC><RCC version="1.0">
+<qresource>
+    <file>config/config.json</file>
+    <file>html/interface-welcome-allsvg.html</file>
+    <file>icons/backButton.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/computer.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/desktop.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/documents.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/file.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/folder.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/forwardButton.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/home.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/raster.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/toParentButton.svg</file>
+    <file>icons/voxel.svg</file>
+    <file>images/body.png</file>
+    <file>images/close.png</file>
+    <file>images/close.svg</file>
+    <file>images/head.png</file>
+    <file>images/hifi-interface-tools-v2-pie.svg</file>
+    <file>images/hifi-interface-tools.svg</file>
+    <file>images/mic.svg</file>
+    <file>images/mute.svg</file>
+    <file>images/reset.png</file>
+    <file>info/ApplicationInfo.ini</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar_body.fst</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar_head.fst</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar/body.fbx</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar/body.jpg</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar/head.fbx</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar/tail.jpg</file>
+    <file>meshes/defaultAvatar/visor.png</file>
+    <file>shaders/ambient_occlusion.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/ambient_occlusion.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/diffuse.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/glow_add_separate.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/glow_add.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/grid.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/horizontal_blur.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/metavoxel_point.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/model_normal_map.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/model_normal_map.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/model.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/model.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/occlusion_blur.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/oculus.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/passthrough.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/perlin_modulate.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/perlin_modulate.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/point_size.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/shadow_map.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/skin_model_normal_map.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/skin_model.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/SkyFromAtmosphere.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/SkyFromAtmosphere.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/SkyFromSpace.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/SkyFromSpace.vert</file>
+    <file>shaders/vertical_blur_add.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/vertical_blur.frag</file>
+    <file>shaders/voxels.geom</file>
+    <file>sounds/snap.wav</file>
+    <file>styles/checked.svg</file>
+    <file>styles/import_dialog.qss</file>
+    <file>styles/Inconsolata.otf</file>
+    <file>styles/log_dialog.qss</file>
+    <file>styles/search.svg</file>
+    <file>styles/txt-file.svg</file>
+    <file>styles/unchecked.svg</file>
+</qresource>
+</RCC>
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