diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index c6fbd57e158bc1..0e47303f3461b6 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -208,6 +208,7 @@ if(CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "MSVC")
 	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_DEBUG ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 	set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY_RELEASE ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 	add_compile_options(/MP /std:c11)
+	add_link_options(/MANIFEST:NO)
 endif()
 
 #default behaviour
diff --git a/git.rc.in b/git.rc.in
index e69444eef3f0c5..1d5b627b610549 100644
--- a/git.rc.in
+++ b/git.rc.in
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#include<winuser.h>
 1 VERSIONINFO
 FILEVERSION     @GIT_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MINOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MICRO_VERSION@,@GIT_PATCH_LEVEL@
 PRODUCTVERSION  @GIT_MAJOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MINOR_VERSION@,@GIT_MICRO_VERSION@,@GIT_PATCH_LEVEL@