diff --git a/platform/windows/SCsub b/platform/windows/SCsub
index 0df1710a895..62d28f495f8 100644
--- a/platform/windows/SCsub
+++ b/platform/windows/SCsub
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ if env["accesskit"] and not env.msvc:
 prog = env.add_program("#bin/godot", sources, PROGSUFFIX=env["PROGSUFFIX"])
 arrange_program_clean(prog)
 
+env.Depends(prog, "godot.manifest")
 if env.msvc:
     env.Depends(prog, "godot.natvis")
 
diff --git a/godot.manifest b/platform/windows/godot.manifest
similarity index 100%
rename from godot.manifest
rename to platform/windows/godot.manifest
diff --git a/platform/windows/godot_res.rc b/platform/windows/godot_res.rc
index 039fde9d11a..5c6635616e8 100644
--- a/platform/windows/godot_res.rc
+++ b/platform/windows/godot_res.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #endif
 
 GODOT_ICON ICON platform/windows/godot.ico
-1 RT_MANIFEST "godot.manifest"
+1 RT_MANIFEST "platform/windows/godot.manifest"
 
 1 VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     GODOT_VERSION_MAJOR,GODOT_VERSION_MINOR,GODOT_VERSION_PATCH,0
diff --git a/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc b/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc
index d6e1f0bf3b5..aca1c44ed9a 100644
--- a/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc
+++ b/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #endif
 
 GODOT_ICON ICON platform/windows/godot_console.ico
-1 RT_MANIFEST "godot.manifest"
+1 RT_MANIFEST "platform/windows/godot.manifest"
 
 1 VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     GODOT_VERSION_MAJOR,GODOT_VERSION_MINOR,GODOT_VERSION_PATCH,0