diff --git a/modules/vstudio/tests/vc2010/test_manifest.lua b/modules/vstudio/tests/vc2010/test_manifest.lua
index 043ab1085c..c94f7eb304 100644
--- a/modules/vstudio/tests/vc2010/test_manifest.lua
+++ b/modules/vstudio/tests/vc2010/test_manifest.lua
@@ -52,3 +52,37 @@
 		prepare()
 		test.isemptycapture()
 	end
+
+--
+-- Check that DPI Awareness emits correctly
+--
+
+	function suite.dpiAwareness_None()
+		dpiawareness "None"
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Manifest>
+	<EnableDpiAwareness>false</EnableDpiAwareness>
+</Manifest>
+		]]
+	end
+
+	function suite.dpiAwareness_High()
+		dpiawareness "High"
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Manifest>
+	<EnableDpiAwareness>true</EnableDpiAwareness>
+</Manifest>
+		]]
+	end
+
+	function suite.dpiAwareness_HighPerMonitor()
+		dpiawareness "HighPerMonitor"
+		prepare()
+		test.capture [[
+<Manifest>
+	<EnableDpiAwareness>PerMonitorHighDPIAware</EnableDpiAwareness>
+</Manifest>
+		]]
+	end
diff --git a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
index 097e72bd07..8fa780b4aa 100644
--- a/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
+++ b/modules/vstudio/vs2010_vcxproj.lua
@@ -482,22 +482,26 @@
 -- Write the manifest section.
 --
 
+	m.elements.manifest = function(cfg)
+		return {
+			m.enableDpiAwareness,
+			m.additionalManifestFiles,
+		}
+	end
+
 	function m.manifest(cfg)
 		if cfg.kind ~= p.STATICLIB then
-		-- get the manifests files
-		local manifests = {}
-		for _, fname in ipairs(cfg.files) do
-			if path.getextension(fname) == ".manifest" then
-				table.insert(manifests, project.getrelative(cfg.project, fname))
+			local contents = p.capture(function ()
+				p.push()
+				p.callArray(m.elements.manifest, cfg)
+				p.pop()
+			end)
+			if #contents > 0 then
+				p.push('<Manifest>')
+				p.outln(contents)
+				p.pop('</Manifest>')
 			end
 		end
-
-			if #manifests > 0 then
-		p.push('<Manifest>')
-		m.element("AdditionalManifestFiles", nil, "%s;%%(AdditionalManifestFiles)", table.concat(manifests, ";"))
-		p.pop('</Manifest>')
-	end
-		end
 	end
 
 
@@ -1216,6 +1220,21 @@
 	end
 
 
+	function m.additionalManifestFiles(cfg)
+		-- get the manifests files
+		local manifests = {}
+		for _, fname in ipairs(cfg.files) do
+			if path.getextension(fname) == ".manifest" then
+				table.insert(manifests, project.getrelative(cfg.project, fname))
+			end
+		end
+
+		if #manifests > 0 then
+			m.element("AdditionalManifestFiles", nil, "%s;%%(AdditionalManifestFiles)", table.concat(manifests, ";"))
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	function m.additionalUsingDirectories(cfg)
 		if #cfg.usingdirs > 0 then
 			local dirs = vstudio.path(cfg, cfg.usingdirs)
@@ -1462,6 +1481,20 @@
 	end
 
 
+	function m.enableDpiAwareness(cfg)
+		local awareness = {
+			None = "false",
+			High = "true",
+			HighPerMonitor = "PerMonitorHighDPIAware",
+		}
+		local value = awareness[cfg.dpiawareness]
+
+		if value then
+			m.element("EnableDpiAwareness", nil, value)
+		end
+	end
+
+
 	function m.enableEnhancedInstructionSet(cfg, condition)
 		local v
 		local x = cfg.vectorextensions
diff --git a/src/_premake_init.lua b/src/_premake_init.lua
index ade304eea1..b660a39fe7 100644
--- a/src/_premake_init.lua
+++ b/src/_premake_init.lua
@@ -389,6 +389,18 @@
 		kind = "string",
 	}
 
+	api.register {
+		name = "dpiawareness",
+		scope = "config",
+		kind = "string",
+		allowed = {
+			"Default",
+			"None",
+			"High",
+			"HighPerMonitor",
+		}
+	}
+
 	api.register {
 		name = "editandcontinue",
 		scope = "config",