diff --git a/platform/windows/SCsub b/platform/windows/SCsub
index 1ddefb9c331..49ee7006654 100644
--- a/platform/windows/SCsub
+++ b/platform/windows/SCsub
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ sources += res_obj
 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 86191ad9d98..6cd1bb82e17 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     VERSION_MAJOR,VERSION_MINOR,VERSION_PATCH,0
diff --git a/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc b/platform/windows/godot_res_wrap.rc
index 61e61004979..ed4acfdad87 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     VERSION_MAJOR,VERSION_MINOR,VERSION_PATCH,0