diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c2b5a1fd9d..565d304460 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ ifeq ($(RELEASE),false)
  # Enable debugging symbols in DOtherSide, in case we need GDB backtraces
  CFLAGS += -g
  CXXFLAGS += -g
+ RCC_PARAMS = --no-compress
 else
  # Additional optimization flags for release builds are not included at present;
  # adding them will involve refactoring config.nims in the root of this repo
@@ -209,8 +210,8 @@ rcc:
 	echo -e $(BUILD_MSG) "resources.rcc"
 	rm -f ./resources.rcc
 	rm -f ./ui/resources.qrc
-	./ui/generate-rcc.sh
-	rcc -binary ui/resources.qrc -o ./resources.rcc
+	go run ui/generate-rcc.go -source=ui -output=ui/resources.qrc
+	rcc -binary $(RCC_PARAMS) ui/resources.qrc -o ./resources.rcc
 
 # default token is a free-tier token with limited capabilities and usage
 # limits; our docs should include directions for community contributor to setup
diff --git a/ui/generate-rcc.go b/ui/generate-rcc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a9902422d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/generate-rcc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+var qrcExtensions = map[string]bool{
+	".qml":  true,
+	".js":   true,
+	".svg":  true,
+	".png":  true,
+	".ico":  true,
+	".icns": true,
+	".mp3":  true,
+	".wav":  true,
+	".otf":  true,
+	".ttf":  true,
+	".webm": true,
+	".qm":   true,
+}
+
+func main() {
+	sourceDirName := flag.String("source", "", "source dir containing ui files")
+	qrcFileName := flag.String("output", "resources.qrc", "output filename")
+	flag.Parse()
+	if flag.NFlag() == 0 {
+		flag.Usage()
+		return
+	}
+
+	qrcFile, err := os.Create(*qrcFileName)
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatalf("Failed creating qrc file: %s", err)
+	}
+	defer qrcFile.Close()
+
+	qrcFile.WriteString("<!DOCTYPE RCC>\n")
+	qrcFile.WriteString("<RCC version=\"1.0\">\n")
+	qrcFile.WriteString("  <qresource>\n")
+
+	counter := 0
+	err = filepath.Walk(*sourceDirName,
+		func(path string, info os.FileInfo, err error) error {
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+			if !info.IsDir() {
+				ext := filepath.Ext(path)
+				base := filepath.Base(path)
+				if qrcExtensions[ext] || base == "qmldir" {
+					counter++
+					fixedPath := strings.ReplaceAll(path, "\\", "/")
+					fixedPath = "./" + strings.TrimPrefix(fixedPath, *sourceDirName)
+					qrcFile.WriteString("      <file>" + fixedPath + "</file>\n")
+				}
+			}
+			return nil
+		})
+
+	qrcFile.WriteString("  </qresource>\n")
+	qrcFile.WriteString("</RCC>")
+
+	fmt.Printf("%d resources added\n", counter)
+}
diff --git a/ui/generate-rcc.sh b/ui/generate-rcc.sh
deleted file mode 100755
index 4791ab4ba9..0000000000
--- a/ui/generate-rcc.sh
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/sh
-cd ./ui/
-QRC=./resources.qrc
-echo '<!DOCTYPE RCC>' > $QRC
-echo '<RCC version="1.0">' >> $QRC
-echo '  <qresource>' >> $QRC
-for a in $(find -L . -not -name "*.pro" -not -name "*.rcc" -not -name "*.sh" -not -name "*.qrc" -not -name ".git" -not -name ".gitignore"   )
-do
-    if [ ! -d "$a" ]; then
-        echo '      <file>'$a'</file>' >> $QRC
-    fi
-done
-echo '  </qresource>' >> $QRC
-echo '</RCC>' >> $QRC
-cd ..
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