diff --git a/windows/ninja.manifest b/windows/ninja.manifest
index dab929e151..47949dd7ce 100644
--- a/windows/ninja.manifest
+++ b/windows/ninja.manifest
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
   <application>
     <windowsSettings>
       <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+      <longPathAware  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
     </windowsSettings>
   </application>
 </assembly>