diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 39348c9..89bccb2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@
 add_executable(ninja src/ninja.cc)
 target_link_libraries(ninja PRIVATE libninja libninja-re2c)
 
+if(WIN32)
+  target_sources(ninja PRIVATE windows/ninja.manifest)
+endif()
+
 # Adds browse mode into the ninja binary if it's supported by the host platform.
 if(platform_supports_ninja_browse)
 	# Inlines src/browse.py into the browse_py.h header, so that it can be included
diff --git a/src/line_printer.cc b/src/line_printer.cc
index 68c58ad..3138960 100644
--- a/src/line_printer.cc
+++ b/src/line_printer.cc
@@ -87,22 +87,27 @@
     GetConsoleScreenBufferInfo(console_, &csbi);
 
     to_print = ElideMiddle(to_print, static_cast<size_t>(csbi.dwSize.X));
-    // We don't want to have the cursor spamming back and forth, so instead of
-    // printf use WriteConsoleOutput which updates the contents of the buffer,
-    // but doesn't move the cursor position.
-    COORD buf_size = { csbi.dwSize.X, 1 };
-    COORD zero_zero = { 0, 0 };
-    SMALL_RECT target = {
-      csbi.dwCursorPosition.X, csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y,
-      static_cast<SHORT>(csbi.dwCursorPosition.X + csbi.dwSize.X - 1),
-      csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y
-    };
-    vector<CHAR_INFO> char_data(csbi.dwSize.X);
-    for (size_t i = 0; i < static_cast<size_t>(csbi.dwSize.X); ++i) {
-      char_data[i].Char.AsciiChar = i < to_print.size() ? to_print[i] : ' ';
-      char_data[i].Attributes = csbi.wAttributes;
+    if (supports_color_) {  // this means ENABLE_VIRTUAL_TERMINAL_PROCESSING
+                            // succeeded
+      printf("%s\x1B[K", to_print.c_str());  // Clear to end of line.
+      fflush(stdout);
+    } else {
+      // We don't want to have the cursor spamming back and forth, so instead of
+      // printf use WriteConsoleOutput which updates the contents of the buffer,
+      // but doesn't move the cursor position.
+      COORD buf_size = { csbi.dwSize.X, 1 };
+      COORD zero_zero = { 0, 0 };
+      SMALL_RECT target = { csbi.dwCursorPosition.X, csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y,
+                            static_cast<SHORT>(csbi.dwCursorPosition.X +
+                                               csbi.dwSize.X - 1),
+                            csbi.dwCursorPosition.Y };
+      vector<CHAR_INFO> char_data(csbi.dwSize.X);
+      for (size_t i = 0; i < static_cast<size_t>(csbi.dwSize.X); ++i) {
+        char_data[i].Char.AsciiChar = i < to_print.size() ? to_print[i] : ' ';
+        char_data[i].Attributes = csbi.wAttributes;
+      }
+      WriteConsoleOutput(console_, &char_data[0], buf_size, zero_zero, &target);
     }
-    WriteConsoleOutput(console_, &char_data[0], buf_size, zero_zero, &target);
 #else
     // Limit output to width of the terminal if provided so we don't cause
     // line-wrapping.
diff --git a/windows/ninja.manifest b/windows/ninja.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dab929e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/windows/ninja.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?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>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>