diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index b641584c312136..4243ece806d5a3 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@
             ],
         }],
       ],
+      'msvs_settings': {
+        'VCManifestTool': {
+          'EmbedManifest': 'true',
+          'AdditionalManifestFiles': 'src/res/node.exe.extra.manifest'
+        }
+      },
     },
     # generate ETW header and resource files
     {
diff --git a/src/res/node.exe.extra.manifest b/src/res/node.exe.extra.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..c4cc80a141d9dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/res/node.exe.extra.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8' standalone='yes'?>
+<assembly xmlns='urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1' manifestVersion='1.0'>
+  <compatibility xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:compatibility.v1">
+    <application>
+      <!-- Windows 8.1 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 8 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+      <!-- Windows 7 -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+      <!-- Windows Vista -->
+      <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
+  </application>
+  </compatibility>
+</assembly>