diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 1444301..e4c2143 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn 1.0.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embed-resource"
+version = "1.3.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "vswhom 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "winreg 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "env_logger"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -422,6 +431,24 @@ name = "void"
 version = "1.0.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vswhom"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc 0.2.65 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "vswhom-sys 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vswhom-sys"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc 1.0.47 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libc 0.2.65 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "walkdir"
 version = "2.3.1"
@@ -438,6 +465,7 @@ version = "1.14.0"
 dependencies = [
  "clap 2.33.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "derive_builder 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "embed-resource 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "env_logger 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "glob 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "globset 0.4.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -486,6 +514,14 @@ name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
 version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.6.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ws2_32-sys"
 version = "0.2.1"
@@ -507,6 +543,7 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum darling_macro 0.10.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d9b5a2f4ac4969822c62224815d069952656cadc7084fdca9751e6d959189b72"
 "checksum derive_builder 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a2658621297f2cf68762a6f7dc0bb7e1ff2cfd6583daef8ee0fed6f7ec468ec0"
 "checksum derive_builder_core 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2791ea3e372c8495c0bc2033991d76b512cd799d07491fbd6890124db9458bef"
+"checksum embed-resource 1.3.3 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1f6b0b4403da80c2fd32333937dd468292c001d778c587ae759b75432772715d"
 "checksum env_logger 0.7.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "44533bbbb3bb3c1fa17d9f2e4e38bbbaf8396ba82193c4cb1b6445d711445d36"
 "checksum filetime 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "1ff6d4dab0aa0c8e6346d46052e93b13a16cf847b54ed357087c35011048cc7d"
 "checksum fnv 1.0.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "2fad85553e09a6f881f739c29f0b00b0f01357c743266d478b68951ce23285f3"
@@ -547,6 +584,8 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum unicode-width 0.1.6 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7007dbd421b92cc6e28410fe7362e2e0a2503394908f417b68ec8d1c364c4e20"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "826e7639553986605ec5979c7dd957c7895e93eabed50ab2ffa7f6128a75097c"
 "checksum void 1.0.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "6a02e4885ed3bc0f2de90ea6dd45ebcbb66dacffe03547fadbb0eeae2770887d"
+"checksum vswhom 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "be979b7f07507105799e854203b470ff7c78a1639e330a58f183b5fea574608b"
+"checksum vswhom-sys 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fc2f5402d3d0e79a069714f7b48e3ecc60be7775a2c049cb839457457a239532"
 "checksum walkdir 2.3.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "777182bc735b6424e1a57516d35ed72cb8019d85c8c9bf536dccb3445c1a2f7d"
 "checksum winapi 0.2.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "167dc9d6949a9b857f3451275e911c3f44255842c1f7a76f33c55103a909087a"
 "checksum winapi 0.3.9 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
@@ -554,4 +593,5 @@ dependencies = [
 "checksum winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
 "checksum winapi-util 0.1.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7168bab6e1daee33b4557efd0e95d5ca70a03706d39fa5f3fe7a236f584b03c9"
 "checksum winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu 0.4.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+"checksum winreg 0.6.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b2986deb581c4fe11b621998a5e53361efe6b48a151178d0cd9eeffa4dc6acc9"
 "checksum ws2_32-sys 0.2.1 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "d59cefebd0c892fa2dd6de581e937301d8552cb44489cdff035c6187cb63fa5e"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 713d015..6a794d4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -53,3 +53,6 @@ features = ["ioapiset", "jobapi2", "tlhelp32"]
 [[bin]]
 name = "watchexec"
 doc = false
+
+[build-dependencies]
+embed-resource = "1.3.3"
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..52f8762
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+fn main() {
+    embed_resource::compile("watchexec-manifest.rc");
+}
diff --git a/watchexec-manifest.rc b/watchexec-manifest.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d25218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/watchexec-manifest.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define RT_MANIFEST 24
+1 RT_MANIFEST "watchexec.exe.manifest"
diff --git a/src/windows.manifest b/watchexec.exe.manifest
similarity index 100%
rename from src/windows.manifest
rename to watchexec.exe.manifest