diff --git a/UI/CMakeLists.txt b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
index a660f3267..3bb97eb87 100644
--- a/UI/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/UI/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR TRUE)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC TRUE)
 
 find_package(Qt5Svg ${FIND_MODE})
+if(WIN32)
+	find_package(Qt5WinExtras ${FIND_MODE})
+endif()
 find_package(Qt5Xml ${FIND_MODE})
 
 find_package(FFmpeg REQUIRED COMPONENTS avcodec avutil avformat)
@@ -385,6 +388,8 @@ if(WIN32)
 	set_target_properties(obs
 		PROPERTIES
 			OUTPUT_NAME "obs${_output_suffix}")
+	target_link_libraries(obs
+			Qt5::WinExtras)
 endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(obs
diff --git a/UI/forms/images/active.png b/UI/forms/images/active.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c3fd4669e
Binary files /dev/null and b/UI/forms/images/active.png differ
diff --git a/UI/forms/images/paused.png b/UI/forms/images/paused.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..66eece08c
Binary files /dev/null and b/UI/forms/images/paused.png differ
diff --git a/UI/forms/obs.qrc b/UI/forms/obs.qrc
index 040e9af58..e37f05577 100644
--- a/UI/forms/obs.qrc
+++ b/UI/forms/obs.qrc
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
     <file>images/obs.png</file>
     <file>images/obs_paused.png</file>
     <file>images/tray_active.png</file>
+    <file>images/paused.png</file>
+    <file>images/active.png</file>
     <file>images/expand.svg</file>
     <file>images/unlocked.svg</file>
     <file>images/locked.svg</file>
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
index 09304eb15..fb011d654 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.cpp
@@ -1780,6 +1780,11 @@ void OBSBasic::OBSInit()
 	SystemTray(true);
 #endif
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	taskBtn->setWindow(windowHandle());
+	taskProg->setRange(0, 1);
+#endif
+
 	bool has_last_version = config_has_user_value(App()->GlobalConfig(),
 						      "General", "LastVersion");
 	bool first_run =
@@ -5292,6 +5297,13 @@ inline void OBSBasic::OnActivate()
 		App()->IncrementSleepInhibition();
 		UpdateProcessPriority();
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		taskProg->show();
+		taskProg->resume();
+		taskProg->setValue(1);
+		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+			"obs-active", QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
+#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
 				"obs-tray-active",
@@ -5313,12 +5325,34 @@ inline void OBSBasic::OnDeactivate()
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
 				"obs-tray", QIcon(":/res/images/obs.png")));
-	} else if (trayIcon) {
-		if (os_atomic_load_bool(&recording_paused))
-			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
-		else
-			trayIcon->setIcon(
-				QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		taskProg->hide();
+		taskBtn->clearOverlayIcon();
+#endif
+	} else {
+		if (os_atomic_load_bool(&recording_paused)) {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+			taskProg->show();
+			taskProg->pause();
+			taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+				"obs-paused",
+				QIcon(":/res/images/paused.png")));
+#endif
+			if (trayIcon)
+				trayIcon->setIcon(
+					QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
+		} else {
+#ifdef _WIN32
+			taskProg->show();
+			taskProg->resume();
+			taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+				"obs-active",
+				QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
+#endif
+			if (trayIcon)
+				trayIcon->setIcon(
+					QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -7698,6 +7732,11 @@ void OBSBasic::PauseRecording()
 
 		ui->statusbar->RecordingPaused();
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		taskProg->pause();
+		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+			"obs-paused", QIcon(":/res/images/paused.png")));
+#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(QIcon(":/res/images/obs_paused.png"));
 
@@ -7727,6 +7766,11 @@ void OBSBasic::UnpauseRecording()
 
 		ui->statusbar->RecordingUnpaused();
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+		taskProg->resume();
+		taskBtn->setOverlayIcon(QIcon::fromTheme(
+			"obs-active", QIcon(":/res/images/active.png")));
+#endif
 		if (trayIcon)
 			trayIcon->setIcon(
 				QIcon(":/res/images/tray_active.png"));
diff --git a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
index 7d47ce286..b612be047 100644
--- a/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
+++ b/UI/window-basic-main.hpp
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@
 #include <QAction>
 #include <QWidgetAction>
 #include <QSystemTrayIcon>
+#ifdef _WIN32
+#include <QWinTaskbarButton>
+#include <QWinTaskbarProgress>
+#endif
 #include <QStyledItemDelegate>
 #include <obs.hpp>
 #include <vector>
@@ -272,6 +276,11 @@ private:
 	QPointer<QMenu> perSceneTransitionMenu;
 	QPointer<QObject> shortcutFilter;
 
+#ifdef _WIN32
+	QWinTaskbarButton *taskBtn = new QWinTaskbarButton(this);
+	QWinTaskbarProgress *taskProg = taskBtn->progress();
+#endif
+
 	QPointer<QWidget> programWidget;
 	QPointer<QVBoxLayout> programLayout;
 	QPointer<QLabel> programLabel;
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
index 504d7b1ca..e0b6ca835 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Modules/CopyMSVCBins.cmake
@@ -158,6 +158,7 @@ file(GLOB QT_DEBUG_BIN_FILES
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Guid.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Widgetsd.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Svgd.dll"
+	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5WinExtrasd.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Xmld.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libGLESv2d.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libEGLd.dll")
@@ -176,6 +177,7 @@ file(GLOB QT_BIN_FILES
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Gui.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Widgets.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Svg.dll"
+	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5WinExtras.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/Qt5Xml.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libGLESv2.dll"
 	"${Qt5Core_DIR}/../../../bin/libEGL.dll")