diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
index 99eaa05a..fa05e161 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plClient/winmain.cpp
@@ -1564,3 +1564,7 @@ static void GetCryptKey(uint32_t* cryptKey, unsigned numElements)
     }
 }
 
+/* Enable themes in Windows XP and later */
+#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
+name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
+processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
diff --git a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/SelfPatcher.cpp b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/SelfPatcher.cpp
index 491ad2f0..1b461ace 100644
--- a/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/SelfPatcher.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Plasma/Apps/plUruLauncher/SelfPatcher.cpp
@@ -337,3 +337,8 @@ bool SelfPatch (bool noSelfPatch, bool * abort, ENetError * result, plLauncherIn
     return patched;
 }
 
+
+/* Enable themes in Windows XP and later */
+#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
+name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
+processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
diff --git a/Sources/Tools/plFontConverter/plFontConverter.cpp b/Sources/Tools/plFontConverter/plFontConverter.cpp
index 88ac9885..ebda5e56 100644
--- a/Sources/Tools/plFontConverter/plFontConverter.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Tools/plFontConverter/plFontConverter.cpp
@@ -87,3 +87,8 @@ int WINAPI WinMain( HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLin
 
     return 0;
 }
+
+/* Enable themes in Windows XP and later */
+#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
+name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
+processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
diff --git a/Sources/Tools/plLocalizationEditor/plLocalizationEditor.cpp b/Sources/Tools/plLocalizationEditor/plLocalizationEditor.cpp
index 699f0287..f819a44f 100644
--- a/Sources/Tools/plLocalizationEditor/plLocalizationEditor.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Tools/plLocalizationEditor/plLocalizationEditor.cpp
@@ -390,3 +390,8 @@ LRESULT CALLBACK MainWndProc(HWND hWnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
 
     return DefWindowProc(hWnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
 }
+
+/* Enable themes in Windows XP and later */
+#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
+name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
+processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")
diff --git a/Sources/Tools/plResBrowser/plResBrowser.cpp b/Sources/Tools/plResBrowser/plResBrowser.cpp
index d2fc1af4..abf61b92 100644
--- a/Sources/Tools/plResBrowser/plResBrowser.cpp
+++ b/Sources/Tools/plResBrowser/plResBrowser.cpp
@@ -126,3 +126,8 @@ BOOL WinInit(HINSTANCE hInst, int nCmdShow)
 
     return TRUE;
 }
+
+/* Enable themes in Windows XP and later */
+#pragma comment(linker,"\"/manifestdependency:type='win32' \
+name='Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls' version='6.0.0.0' \
+processorArchitecture='*' publicKeyToken='6595b64144ccf1df' language='*'\"")