diff --git a/dll/cpl/sysdm/licence.c b/dll/cpl/sysdm/licence.c
index d8461bf4422..6894fd6598d 100644
--- a/dll/cpl/sysdm/licence.c
+++ b/dll/cpl/sysdm/licence.c
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ OnInitDialog(HWND hDlg, PLIC_CONTEXT pLicInfo)
 {
     HRSRC hResInfo;
     HGLOBAL hResMem;
-    WCHAR *LicenseText;
+    PCSTR LicenseText;
 
     pLicInfo->hIcon = LoadImage(hApplet,
                                 MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDI_CPLSYSTEM),
@@ -45,10 +45,10 @@ OnInitDialog(HWND hDlg, PLIC_CONTEXT pLicInfo)
         return FALSE;
     }
 
-    /* Insert the license into the edit control (unicode!) */
-    SetDlgItemText(hDlg,
-                   IDC_LICENCEEDIT,
-                   LicenseText);
+    /* Insert the license into the edit control */
+    SetDlgItemTextA(hDlg,
+                    IDC_LICENCEEDIT,
+                    LicenseText);
 
     PostMessage(GetDlgItem(hDlg, IDC_LICENCEEDIT),
                 EM_SETSEL,
diff --git a/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/.gitattributes b/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/.gitattributes
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4d51a75d04d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/.gitattributes
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# This text file is included in the binary output
+gpl.txt text eol=crlf
diff --git a/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/gpl.txt b/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/gpl.txt
index 9f46aed4df5..d511905c164 100644
Binary files a/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/gpl.txt and b/dll/cpl/sysdm/resources/gpl.txt differ