diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 107a8f89..f47eb369 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -221,6 +221,12 @@ if(MSVC)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
 endif()
 
+# Dependencies for all Windows resource files:
+set(W32RES_DEPENDENCIES
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/common_w32res.rc"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/w32_application.manifest"
+)
+
 # Definitions common to all targets:
 add_compile_definitions(
     # Package info:
@@ -1394,7 +1400,7 @@ if(WIN32 OR CYGWIN)
         target_sources(liblzma PRIVATE src/liblzma/liblzma_w32res.rc)
 
         set_source_files_properties(src/liblzma/liblzma_w32res.rc PROPERTIES
-            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/common_w32res.rc"
+            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${W32RES_DEPENDENCIES}"
         )
 
         # Export the public API symbols with __declspec(dllexport).
@@ -1875,7 +1881,7 @@ if(HAVE_DECODERS)
             target_sources("${XZDEC}" PRIVATE "src/xzdec/${XZDEC}_w32res.rc")
             set_source_files_properties(
                 "src/xzdec/${XZDEC}_w32res.rc" PROPERTIES
-                OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/common_w32res.rc"
+                OBJECT_DEPENDS "${W32RES_DEPENDENCIES}"
             )
         endif()
 
@@ -1943,7 +1949,7 @@ if(XZ_TOOL_LZMAINFO AND HAVE_DECODERS)
         # Add the Windows resource file for lzmainfo.exe.
         target_sources(lzmainfo PRIVATE src/lzmainfo/lzmainfo_w32res.rc)
         set_source_files_properties(src/lzmainfo/lzmainfo_w32res.rc PROPERTIES
-            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/common_w32res.rc"
+            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${W32RES_DEPENDENCIES}"
         )
     endif()
 
@@ -2056,7 +2062,7 @@ this many MiB of RAM if xz cannot determine the amount at runtime")
         # Add the Windows resource file for xz.exe.
         target_sources(xz PRIVATE src/xz/xz_w32res.rc)
         set_source_files_properties(src/xz/xz_w32res.rc PROPERTIES
-            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/common/common_w32res.rc"
+            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${W32RES_DEPENDENCIES}"
         )
     endif()
 
diff --git a/tests/Makefile.am b/tests/Makefile.am
index d85328dd..15dc16a8 100644
--- a/tests/Makefile.am
+++ b/tests/Makefile.am
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	tests.cmake \
 	tuktest.h \
 	tests.h \
+	tests_w32res.rc \
 	test_files.sh \
 	test_compress.sh \
 	test_compress_generated_abc \
@@ -25,6 +26,15 @@ LDADD = $(top_builddir)/src/liblzma/liblzma.la
 
 LDADD += $(LTLIBINTL)
 
+# Windows resource compiler support
+.rc.o:
+	$(RC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) \
+		$(AM_CPPFLAGS) $(CPPFLAGS) $(RCFLAGS) -i $< -o $@
+
+if COND_W32
+LDADD += tests_w32res.o
+endif
+
 check_PROGRAMS = \
 	create_compress_files \
 	test_check \
diff --git a/tests/tests.cmake b/tests/tests.cmake
index 297fcaf9..9302a5e4 100644
--- a/tests/tests.cmake
+++ b/tests/tests.cmake
@@ -16,6 +16,36 @@
 include(CTest)
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
+    ################################
+    # Windows Application Manifest #
+    ################################
+
+    # On Windows (but not on Cygwin or MSYS2) we want to add the
+    # application manifest to the test programs so that they are
+    # run in the same configuration as the programs that are installed.
+    # The same object file can be used for all test programs.
+    add_library(tests_w32res OBJECT)
+
+    # CMake requires that even an object library must have at least once
+    # source file. Give it a header file that results in no output files.
+    target_sources(tests_w32res PRIVATE tests/tests.h)
+
+    # The Ninja Generator requires setting the linker language since it
+    # cannot guess the programming language of a header file.
+    set_target_properties(tests_w32res PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
+
+    target_include_directories(tests_w32res PRIVATE src/common
+        src/common
+        src/liblzma/api
+    )
+
+    if(WIN32)
+        target_sources(tests_w32res PRIVATE tests/tests_w32res.rc)
+        set_source_files_properties(tests/tests_w32res.rc PROPERTIES
+            OBJECT_DEPENDS "${W32RES_DEPENDENCIES}"
+        )
+    endif()
+
     #################
     # liblzma tests #
     #################
@@ -54,7 +84,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
             src/liblzma
         )
 
-        target_link_libraries("${TEST}" PRIVATE liblzma)
+        target_link_libraries("${TEST}" PRIVATE liblzma tests_w32res)
 
         # Put the test programs into their own subdirectory so they don't
         # pollute the top-level dir which might contain xz and xzdec.
@@ -155,6 +185,7 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
         file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/test_compress")
 
         add_executable(create_compress_files tests/create_compress_files.c)
+        target_link_libraries(create_compress_files PRIVATE tests_w32res)
         target_include_directories(create_compress_files PRIVATE src/common)
         set_target_properties(create_compress_files PROPERTIES
                               RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY test_compress)
diff --git a/tests/tests_w32res.rc b/tests/tests_w32res.rc
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0b6c5250
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/tests_w32res.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: 0BSD */
+
+/*
+ * Author: Lasse Collin
+ */
+
+/*
+ * It's silly to add version info to test programs but GNU windres fails
+ * if there are no resources to build, which happens with Autotools on
+ * Cygwin and MSYS2 because otherwise one more Automake conditional would
+ * be needed.
+ */
+
+#define MY_TYPE VFT_APP
+#define MY_NAME "test"
+#define MY_SUFFIX ".exe"
+#define MY_DESC "Test program"
+#include "common_w32res.rc"