diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d358f28f84..52c2558ed4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3438,6 +3438,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "zeroize",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "embed-resource"
+version = "2.4.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c6985554d0688b687c5cb73898a34fbe3ad6c24c58c238a4d91d5e840670ee9d"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "memchr",
+ "rustc_version",
+ "toml 0.8.10",
+ "vswhom",
+ "winreg 0.52.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "emojis"
 version = "0.6.1"
@@ -4536,6 +4550,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "cosmic-text",
  "ctor",
  "derive_more",
+ "embed-resource",
  "env_logger",
  "etagere",
  "filedescriptor",
@@ -5959,9 +5974,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
-version = "2.6.3"
+version = "2.7.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "8f232d6ef707e1956a43342693d2a31e72989554d58299d7a88738cc95b0d35c"
+checksum = "6c8640c5d730cb13ebd907d8d04b52f55ac9a2eec55b440c8892f40d56c76c1d"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "memfd"
@@ -7970,7 +7985,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasm-bindgen",
  "wasm-bindgen-futures",
  "web-sys",
- "winreg",
+ "winreg 0.50.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -9499,7 +9514,6 @@ dependencies = [
  "strum",
  "theme",
  "ui",
- "winresource",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -11133,6 +11147,26 @@ version = "0.8.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c3082ca00d5a5ef149bb8b555a72ae84c9c59f7250f013ac822ac2e49b19c64"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "vswhom"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "be979b7f07507105799e854203b470ff7c78a1639e330a58f183b5fea574608b"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "vswhom-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "vswhom-sys"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d3b17ae1f6c8a2b28506cd96d412eebf83b4a0ff2cbefeeb952f2f9dfa44ba18"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vte"
 version = "0.13.0"
@@ -12206,6 +12240,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.48.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winreg"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a277a57398d4bfa075df44f501a17cfdf8542d224f0d36095a2adc7aee4ef0a5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "windows-sys 0.48.0",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "winresource"
 version = "0.1.17"
diff --git a/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml b/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
index 9198c99b7e..eb259dd41c 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gpui/Cargo.toml
@@ -120,6 +120,9 @@ xkbcommon = { version = "0.7", features = ["wayland", "x11"] }
 [target.'cfg(windows)'.dependencies]
 windows.workspace = true
 
+[target.'cfg(windows)'.build-dependencies]
+embed-resource = "2.4"
+
 [[example]]
 name = "hello_world"
 path = "examples/hello_world.rs"
diff --git a/crates/gpui/build.rs b/crates/gpui/build.rs
index 1c87b391f6..f9f38b626e 100644
--- a/crates/gpui/build.rs
+++ b/crates/gpui/build.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,15 @@
 fn main() {
     #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
     macos::build();
+
+    #[cfg(target_os = "windows")]
+    {
+        let manifest = std::path::Path::new("resources/windows/gpui.manifest.xml");
+        let rc_file = std::path::Path::new("resources/windows/gpui.rc");
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", manifest.display());
+        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", rc_file.display());
+        embed_resource::compile(rc_file, embed_resource::NONE);
+    }
 }
 
 #[cfg(target_os = "macos")]
diff --git a/crates/zed/resources/windows/manifest.xml b/crates/gpui/resources/windows/gpui.manifest.xml
similarity index 100%
rename from crates/zed/resources/windows/manifest.xml
rename to crates/gpui/resources/windows/gpui.manifest.xml
diff --git a/crates/gpui/resources/windows/gpui.rc b/crates/gpui/resources/windows/gpui.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a6f37877e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/gpui/resources/windows/gpui.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#define RT_MANIFEST 24
+1 RT_MANIFEST "resources/windows/gpui.manifest.xml"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml b/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
index b7fae8ebbc..1d7a828dd7 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/storybook/Cargo.toml
@@ -35,8 +35,5 @@ strum = { version = "0.25.0", features = ["derive"] }
 theme.workspace = true
 ui = { workspace = true, features = ["stories"] }
 
-[target.'cfg(target_os = "windows")'.build-dependencies]
-winresource = "0.1"
-
 [dev-dependencies]
 gpui = { workspace = true, features = ["test-support"] }
diff --git a/crates/storybook/build.rs b/crates/storybook/build.rs
index d165aee5d5..4975cd33b7 100644
--- a/crates/storybook/build.rs
+++ b/crates/storybook/build.rs
@@ -9,16 +9,5 @@ fn main() {
         {
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/stack:{}", 8 * 1024 * 1024);
         }
-
-        let manifest = std::path::Path::new("../zed/resources/windows/manifest.xml");
-        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", manifest.display());
-
-        let mut res = winresource::WindowsResource::new();
-        res.set_manifest_file(manifest.to_str().unwrap());
-
-        if let Err(e) = res.compile() {
-            eprintln!("{}", e);
-            std::process::exit(1);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/crates/zed/build.rs b/crates/zed/build.rs
index a1126afed7..4a8f2c81fd 100644
--- a/crates/zed/build.rs
+++ b/crates/zed/build.rs
@@ -52,14 +52,11 @@ fn main() {
             println!("cargo:rustc-link-arg=/stack:{}", 8 * 1024 * 1024);
         }
 
-        let manifest = std::path::Path::new("resources/windows/manifest.xml");
         let icon = std::path::Path::new("resources/windows/app-icon.ico");
-        println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", manifest.display());
         println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed={}", icon.display());
 
         let mut res = winresource::WindowsResource::new();
         res.set_icon(icon.to_str().unwrap());
-        res.set_manifest_file(manifest.to_str().unwrap());
 
         if let Err(e) = res.compile() {
             eprintln!("{}", e);