diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e6374c252..fcf529a2f 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -586,6 +586,8 @@ if(WIN32)
 		src/res/resource.h
 	)
 
+	configure_file("${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/res/openclonk.manifest" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/openclonk.manifest" COPYONLY)
+
 	if(MINGW)
 		# cmake does not support compiling resources with MinGW
 		# natively, see http://www.cmake.org/Bug/view.php?id=4068.
@@ -1162,6 +1164,11 @@ if(MSVC)
 	oc_set_target_names(c4group)
 	oc_set_target_names(c4script)
 	oc_set_target_names(netpuncher)
+
+	# cmake does not support embedding arbitrary manifests,
+	# so we add it to the resource file ourselves and tell
+	# MSVC not to create its own.
+	set_property(TARGET openclonk APPEND PROPERTY LINK_FLAGS "/MANIFEST:NO")
 endif()
 
 ############################################################################
diff --git a/src/res/engine.rc b/src/res/engine.rc
index 4d0d2ec82..5d1493cf3 100644
--- a/src/res/engine.rc
+++ b/src/res/engine.rc
@@ -8,6 +8,18 @@
 LANGUAGE LANG_GERMAN, SUBLANG_GERMAN
 #pragma code_page(1252)
 
+/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+//
+// Manifest
+//
+#ifndef CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID
+#define CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID 1
+#endif
+#ifndef RT_MANIFEST
+#define RT_MANIFEST 24
+#endif
+CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID    RT_MANIFEST "openclonk.manifest"
+
 /////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 //
 // Icons
diff --git a/src/res/openclonk.manifest b/src/res/openclonk.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..81f660f5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/res/openclonk.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+	<trustInfo xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+		<security>
+			<requestedPrivileges>
+				<requestedExecutionLevel level="asInvoker" uiAccess="false"></requestedExecutionLevel>
+			</requestedPrivileges>
+		</security>
+	</trustInfo>
+	<compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+		<application>
+			<!--Windows 7-->
+			<supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+			<!--Windows Vista-->
+			<supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+		</application>
+	</compatibility>
+</assembly>
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