diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 33fc3675..a55892fd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,24 @@ else()
     set(PACKAGE_NAME "XZ Utils")
 endif()
 
+# When used with MSVC, CMake can merge .manifest files with
+# linker-generated manifests and embed the result in an executable.
+# However, when paired with MinGW-w64, CMake (3.30) ignores .manifest
+# files. Embedding a manifest with a resource file works with both
+# toochains. It's also the way to do it with Autotools.
+#
+# With MSVC, we need to disable the default manifest; attempting to add
+# two manifest entries would break the build. The flag /MANIFEST:NO
+# goes to the linker and it also affects behavior of CMake itself: it
+# looks what flags are being passed to the linker and when CMake sees
+# the /MANIFEST:NO option, other manifest-related linker flags are
+# no longer added (see the file Source/cmcmd.cxx in CMake).
+#
+# See: https://gitlab.kitware.com/cmake/cmake/-/issues/23066
+if(MSVC)
+    set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
+endif()
+
 # Definitions common to all targets:
 add_compile_definitions(
     # Package info:
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index d199e858..a461a440 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -39,4 +39,5 @@ EXTRA_DIST = \
 	common/tuklib_physmem.c \
 	common/tuklib_physmem.h \
 	common/tuklib_progname.c \
-	common/tuklib_progname.h
+	common/tuklib_progname.h \
+	common/w32_application.manifest
diff --git a/src/common/common_w32res.rc b/src/common/common_w32res.rc
index d05d22e7..1f82577d 100644
--- a/src/common/common_w32res.rc
+++ b/src/common/common_w32res.rc
@@ -50,3 +50,8 @@ BEGIN
         VALUE "Translation", 0x409, 1200
     END
 END
+
+/* Omit the manifest on Cygwin and MSYS2 (both define __CYGWIN__). */
+#if MY_TYPE == VFT_APP && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
+CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID RT_MANIFEST "w32_application.manifest"
+#endif
diff --git a/src/common/w32_application.manifest b/src/common/w32_application.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2f875087
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/common/w32_application.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+        <application>
+            <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/> <!-- Vista -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/> <!-- 7 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/> <!-- 8 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/> <!-- 8.1 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/> <!-- 10/11 -->
+        </application>
+    </compatibility>
+
+    <trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <security>
+            <requestedPrivileges>
+                <requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker"/>
+            </requestedPrivileges>
+        </security>
+    </trustInfo>
+
+    <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+        <windowsSettings>
+            <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
+            <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+        </windowsSettings>
+    </application>
+</assembly>