diff --git a/examples/controlgallery.go b/examples/controlgallery.go
index d77bebe..e2d2dc2 100644
--- a/examples/controlgallery.go
+++ b/examples/controlgallery.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/andlabs/ui"
+	_ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 )
 
 var mainwin *ui.Window
diff --git a/examples/drawtext.go b/examples/drawtext.go
index a32b14b..0aaeb7d 100644
--- a/examples/drawtext.go
+++ b/examples/drawtext.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ package main
 
 import (
 	"github.com/andlabs/ui"
+	_ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/examples/histogram.go b/examples/histogram.go
index 610d65a..55a9f59 100644
--- a/examples/histogram.go
+++ b/examples/histogram.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/andlabs/ui"
+	_ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 )
 
 var (
diff --git a/examples/table.go b/examples/table.go
index 41cde9f..1d11f8d 100644
--- a/examples/table.go
+++ b/examples/table.go
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import (
 	"bytes"
 
 	"github.com/andlabs/ui"
+	_ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
 )
 
 type modelHandler struct {
diff --git a/winmanifest/doc.go b/winmanifest/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71d6673
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winmanifest/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+// 2 september 2018
+
+// Package winmanifest provides a basic manifest for use with
+// package ui. You import it for its side effects only, as
+// 
+// 	import _ "github.com/andlabs/ui/winmanifest"
+// 
+// On non-Windows platforms this package does nothing.
+// 
+// If you intend on using a custom manifest instead of the generic
+// one in this package, be sure to read package ui's README so your
+// manifest can have the directives necessary for package ui to work.
+package winmanifest
diff --git a/winmanifest/resources.rc b/winmanifest/resources.rc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..26f2b42
--- /dev/null
+++ b/winmanifest/resources.rc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// 30 may 2015
+
+// this is a UTF-8 file
+#pragma code_page(65001)
+
+// this is the Common Controls 6 manifest
+// TODO set up the string values here
+// 1 is the value of CREATEPROCESS_MANIFEST_RESOURCE_ID and 24 is the value of RT_MANIFEST; we use it directly to avoid needing to share winapi.h with the tests and examples
+1 24 "ui.manifest"
diff --git a/static.manifest b/winmanifest/ui.manifest
similarity index 63%
rename from static.manifest
rename to winmanifest/ui.manifest
index d8e83a8..2dc9305 100644
--- a/static.manifest
+++ b/winmanifest/ui.manifest
@@ -26,6 +26,15 @@
         <supportedOS Id="{e2011457-1546-43c5-a5fe-008deee3d3f0}"/>
         <!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows 7 -->
         <supportedOS Id="{35138b9a-5d96-4fbd-8e2d-a2440225f93a}"/>
+
+        <!-- The ones below are not needed for package ui, but are provided to avoid surprises when interoperating with other packages, or with the Go runtime itself; see also https://github.com/golang/go/issues/17835 -->
+
+        <!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8 -->
+        <supportedOS Id="{4a2f28e3-53b9-4441-ba9c-d69d4a4a6e38}"/>
+        <!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows 8.1 -->
+        <supportedOS Id="{1f676c76-80e1-4239-95bb-83d0f6d0da78}"/>
+        <!--The ID below indicates application support for Windows 10 -->
+        <supportedOS Id="{8e0f7a12-bfb3-4fe8-b9a5-48fd50a15a9a}"/>
     </application>
 </compatibility>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/winmanifest/winmanifest_windows_386.syso b/winmanifest/winmanifest_windows_386.syso
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..93d1dc8
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diff --git a/winmanifest/winmanifest_windows_amd64.syso b/winmanifest/winmanifest_windows_amd64.syso
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..64cfedd
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