diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_build.bat b/tools/Windows_dependencies_build.bat
index 7f6a55c0d..dc19c156c 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_build.bat
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_build.bat
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ if not exist icu/icu4c\ (
 )
 
 cd icu/icu4c
+set ICU_DATA_FILTER_FILE=%cd%\source\icu_filters.json
+
+if not exist %ICU_DATA_FILTER_FILE% (
+  echo %ICU_DATA_FILTER_FILE% file is missing, aborting.
+  cd ..
+  goto end
+)
+
 msbuild source\allinone\allinone.sln /p:Configuration=Release /p:Platform=x64 /p:SkipUWP=true
 
 copy /Y bin64\icudt75.dll ..\..\..\
diff --git a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup.bat b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup.bat
index 2bded75b4..4b668a3dc 100644
--- a/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup.bat
+++ b/tools/Windows_dependencies_setup.bat
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ if not exist icu\ (
 cd icu
 git sparse-checkout set --no-cone icu4c
 git checkout release-75-1
+copy /Y ..\..\es-app\assets\icu_filters.json icu4c\source\
 cd ..
 
 echo: