diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1448c971a..767a1c6ed 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -337,8 +337,15 @@ subdir('tests')
 aegisub_cpp_pch = ['src/include/agi_pre.h']
 aegisub_c_pch = ['src/include/agi_pre_c.h']
 
+link_args = []
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    manifest_file = configure_file(copy: true, input: 'src/res/aegisub.exe.manifest', output: 'aegisub.exe.manifest')
+    link_args += ['/MANIFEST:EMBED', '/MANIFESTINPUT:@0@'.format(manifest_file)]
+endif
+
 aegisub = executable('aegisub', aegisub_src, version_h, acconf,
                      link_with: [libresrc, libluabins, libaegisub],
+                     link_args: link_args,
                      include_directories: [libaegisub_inc, libresrc_inc, version_inc, deps_inc, include_directories('src')],
                      cpp_pch: aegisub_cpp_pch,
                      c_pch: aegisub_c_pch,
@@ -346,13 +353,3 @@ aegisub = executable('aegisub', aegisub_src, version_h, acconf,
                      install_dir: bindir,
                      dependencies: deps,
                      win_subsystem: 'windows')
-
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-    mt_exe = find_program('mt.exe')
-    apply_manifest = find_program(meson.project_source_root() / 'tools/apply-manifest.py')
-    custom_target('apply-manifest',
-                  input: aegisub,
-                  output: 'applied_manifest',
-                  command: [apply_manifest, mt_exe, '@INPUT@'],
-                  build_by_default: true)
-endif
diff --git a/src/res/aegisub.exe.manifest b/src/res/aegisub.exe.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e391b8eba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/res/aegisub.exe.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <description>Aegisub Subtitle Editor</description>
+    <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+        <application>
+            <!-- Windows 10 and Windows 11 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
+            <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+            <!-- Windows 8 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+            <!-- Windows 7 -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+            <!-- Windows Vista -->
+            <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+        </application>
+    </compatibility>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tools/apply-manifest.py b/tools/apply-manifest.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 3ea84624d..000000000
--- a/tools/apply-manifest.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env python3
-
-import sys, subprocess, pathlib, os
-
-mt_exe, executable = sys.argv[1:]
-
-subprocess.run([mt_exe, '-manifest', executable + '.manifest', '-outputresource:' + executable + ';1'])
-pathlib.Path(os.path.join(os.path.dirname(executable), 'applied_manifest')).touch()