diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft/build.rs b/apps/pdfcraft/build.rs
index df73faa2a..2f61ed5c7 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft/build.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft/build.rs
@@ -5,15 +5,20 @@
 //! cross-compile from macOS or Linux still links, unless `PDFCRAFT_REQUIRE_WINRES=1` turns it
 //! into an error (for release builds).
 
+#[path = "src/windows_manifest.rs"]
+mod windows_manifest;
+
 fn main() {
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=build.rs");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=../../assets/app-icon/pdfcraft.ico");
+    println!("cargo:rerun-if-changed=src/windows_manifest.rs");
     println!("cargo:rerun-if-env-changed=PDFCRAFT_REQUIRE_WINRES");
     if std::env::var("CARGO_CFG_TARGET_OS").as_deref() != Ok("windows") {
         return;
     }
     let mut res = winresource::WindowsResource::new();
     res.set_icon("../../assets/app-icon/pdfcraft.ico")
+        .set_manifest(windows_manifest::WINDOWS_MANIFEST)
         .set("ProductName", "PdfCraft")
         .set("FileDescription", "PdfCraft PDF workbench")
         .set("LegalCopyright", "Copyright (c) the PdfCraft contributors. MIT OR Apache-2.0.")
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft/src/main.rs b/apps/pdfcraft/src/main.rs
index 74c03e367..4ce5ee668 100644
--- a/apps/pdfcraft/src/main.rs
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft/src/main.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ use pdfcraft_ui_egui::PdfCraftApp;
 mod apple_events;
 mod logging;
 mod updates;
+#[cfg(test)]
+#[path = "windows_manifest.rs"]
+mod windows_manifest;
 
 /// Freedesktop app id: the `.desktop` file name and the hicolor icon name.
 const APP_ID: &str = "ai.storyteller.pdfcraft";
diff --git a/apps/pdfcraft/src/windows_manifest.rs b/apps/pdfcraft/src/windows_manifest.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8c5c8a7fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/apps/pdfcraft/src/windows_manifest.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+pub(crate) const WINDOWS_MANIFEST: &str = r#"<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns:asmv3="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+  <asmv3:application>
+    <asmv3:windowsSettings>
+      <dpiAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings">true/pm</dpiAware>
+      <dpiAwareness xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">PerMonitorV2, PerMonitor</dpiAwareness>
+    </asmv3:windowsSettings>
+  </asmv3:application>
+</assembly>
+"#;
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::WINDOWS_MANIFEST;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn declares_per_monitor_v2_with_per_monitor_fallback() {
+        assert!(
+            WINDOWS_MANIFEST
+                .contains("<dpiAwareness xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings\">PerMonitorV2, PerMonitor</dpiAwareness>")
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn legacy_declaration_is_per_monitor_aware() {
+        assert!(WINDOWS_MANIFEST.contains("<dpiAware xmlns=\"http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2005/WindowsSettings\">true/pm</dpiAware>"));
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn windows_resource_build_script_embeds_this_manifest() {
+        let build_script = include_str!("../build.rs");
+        assert!(build_script.contains("set_manifest(windows_manifest::WINDOWS_MANIFEST)"));
+    }
+}