diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Console/app.manifest b/src/NzbDrone.Console/app.manifest
index 523cc7301..8e6eb2fea 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Console/app.manifest
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Console/app.manifest
@@ -43,4 +43,10 @@
 
     </application>
   </compatibility>
+  
+  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
 </assembly>
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Host/app.config b/src/NzbDrone.Host/app.config
index 2c6b0faf8..b8ce7cecb 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Host/app.config
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Host/app.config
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
   </startup>
   <runtime>
     <loadFromRemoteSources enabled="true" />
+    <AppContextSwitchOverrides value="Switch.System.IO.UseLegacyPathHandling=false;Switch.System.IO.BlockLongPaths=false" />
     <assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
       <probing privatePath="libs" />
       <dependentAssembly>
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone/app.manifest b/src/NzbDrone/app.manifest
index 523cc7301..8e6eb2fea 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone/app.manifest
+++ b/src/NzbDrone/app.manifest
@@ -43,4 +43,10 @@
 
     </application>
   </compatibility>
+  
+  <application xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v3">
+    <windowsSettings>
+      <longPathAware xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/SMI/2016/WindowsSettings">true</longPathAware>
+    </windowsSettings>
+  </application>
 </assembly>