diff --git a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
index 3a73776c5..812955300 100644
--- a/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/cli/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,4 +5,8 @@ include(DefaultTargetOptions)
 
 target_link_libraries(${TARGET} PRIVATE common whisper ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES} ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
+if (WIN32)
+    target_sources(${TARGET} PRIVATE win32.manifest)
+endif()
+
 install(TARGETS ${TARGET} RUNTIME)
diff --git a/examples/cli/cli.cpp b/examples/cli/cli.cpp
index c64976a56..4a82c28a3 100644
--- a/examples/cli/cli.cpp
+++ b/examples/cli/cli.cpp
@@ -971,9 +971,8 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
     ggml_backend_load_all();
 
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-    // Set the console output code page to UTF-8, while command line arguments
-    // are still encoded in the system's code page. In this way, we can print
-    // non-ASCII characters to the console, and access files with non-ASCII paths.
+    // Set the console output code page to UTF-8. With the win32.manifest,
+    // command line arguments and file paths are also treated as UTF-8.
     SetConsoleOutputCP(CP_UTF8);
 #endif
 
diff --git a/examples/cli/win32.manifest b/examples/cli/win32.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f425b72fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/cli/win32.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<!-- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/79668459/c-argv-with-utf-8-values-are-incorrect-in-the-program -->
+<assembly manifestVersion="1.0" xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
+  <assemblyIdentity type="win32" name="whisper-cli" version="1.0.0.0"/>
+  <application>
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <activeCodePage xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2019/WindowsSettings">UTF-8</activeCodePage>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>