diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/helpers.ps1 b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/helpers.ps1
index 8dd3721a..8f29d121 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/helpers.ps1
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/helpers.ps1
@@ -306,3 +306,18 @@ function EnterVSDevShell {
     }
     return $true
 }
+
+function Invoke-MtCommand {
+  param(
+    [String] $vcVarsScript,
+    [String] $arch,
+    [String] $manifest,
+    [String] $executable
+  )
+  $tempFile = [IO.Path]::GetTempFileName()
+  Add-Content -Path $tempFile -Value $manifest
+  $cmdLine = """$vcVarsScript"" $arch &  mt.exe -manifest ""$tempFile"" -outputresource:""$executable"";1"
+  Write-Output Executing $cmdLine
+  & $Env:SystemRoot\system32\cmd.exe /c $cmdLine | Write-Output
+  Remove-Item $tempFile
+}
diff --git a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/ninja.ps1 b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/ninja.ps1
index 66511c46..d5557d82 100644
--- a/coin/provisioning/common/windows/ninja.ps1
+++ b/coin/provisioning/common/windows/ninja.ps1
@@ -11,3 +11,25 @@ Remove "$zip"
 Add-Path "C:\Utils\Ninja"
 
 Write-Output "Ninja = 1.10.2" >> ~/versions.txt
+
+
+$manifest = @"
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <application>
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+      <longPathAware  xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>
+"@
+
+
+$vs2019 = [System.IO.File]::Exists("C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat")
+
+if($vs2019) {
+Invoke-MtCommand "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 $manifest "C:\Utils\Ninja\ninja.exe"
+} else {
+Invoke-MtCommand "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Professional\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" amd64 $manifest "C:\Utils\Ninja\ninja.exe"
+}