diff --git a/src/nvim/os/nvim.manifest b/src/nvim/os/nvim.manifest
index 8878822a5d..571b7f4580 100644
--- a/src/nvim/os/nvim.manifest
+++ b/src/nvim/os/nvim.manifest
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@
       <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
     </application>
   </compatibility>
+  <asmv3:application>
+    <asmv3:windowsSettings xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">
+      <activeCodePage>UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+    </asmv3:windowsSettings>
+  </asmv3:application>
 </assembly>