diff --git a/assets/windows/syncthing.exe.manifest b/assets/windows/syncthing.exe.manifest
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3757f2abc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/windows/syncthing.exe.manifest
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
+<assembly xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1" manifestVersion="1.0">
+  <application>
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <consoleAllocationPolicy xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2024/WindowsSettings">detached</consoleAllocationPolicy>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
+</assembly>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.go b/build.go
index 35c568d98..779b6a27e 100644
--- a/build.go
+++ b/build.go
@@ -732,9 +732,18 @@ func shouldBuildSyso(dir string) (string, error) {
 	sysoPath := filepath.Join(dir, "cmd", "syncthing", "resource.syso")
 
 	// See https://github.com/josephspurrier/goversioninfo#command-line-flags
-	arm := strings.HasPrefix(goarch, "arm")
-	a64 := strings.Contains(goarch, "64")
-	if _, err := runError("goversioninfo", "-o", sysoPath, fmt.Sprintf("-arm=%v", arm), fmt.Sprintf("-64=%v", a64)); err != nil {
+	// For manifest see https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/console/console-allocation-policy
+	isARM := strings.HasPrefix(goarch, "arm")
+	is64Bit := strings.Contains(goarch, "64")
+
+	args := []string{
+		"-manifest=assets/windows/syncthing.exe.manifest", // console-allocation-policy
+		"-o", sysoPath, // output path
+		fmt.Sprintf("-arm=%v", isARM),
+		fmt.Sprintf("-64=%v", is64Bit),
+	}
+
+	if _, err := runError("goversioninfo", args...); err != nil {
 		return "", errors.New("failed to create " + sysoPath + ": " + err.Error())
 	}
 
diff --git a/cmd/syncthing/hideconsole_windows.go b/cmd/syncthing/hideconsole_windows.go
index f51e8acc3..ef0848914 100644
--- a/cmd/syncthing/hideconsole_windows.go
+++ b/cmd/syncthing/hideconsole_windows.go
@@ -7,5 +7,5 @@
 package main
 
 type buildSpecificOptions struct {
-	HideConsole bool `name:"no-console" help:"Hide console window" env:"STHIDECONSOLE"`
+	HideConsole bool `name:"no-console" help:"Hide console window (Always enabled on Windows 11 24H2 and later)" env:"STHIDECONSOLE"`
 }