diff --git a/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32 b/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
index a041d8f04..b41364f33 100644
--- a/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
+++ b/config/CONFIG.Host.WIN32
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ POSIX_CPPFLAGS_YES =
 # useManifestTool.pl returns 0(don't use) or 1(use).
 #
 ifeq ($(shell $(PERL) $(EPICS_BASE_TOOLS)/useManifestTool.pl),1)
-MT_COMMAND = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#2
+MT_DLL_COMMAND = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#2
+MT_EXE_COMMAND = mt.exe /manifest $@.manifest /outputresource:$@;\#1
 endif
 
diff --git a/config/RULES.Host b/config/RULES.Host
index ab4eb0608..a95993dd1 100644
--- a/config/RULES.Host
+++ b/config/RULES.Host
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ else
 $(PRODNAME): $(PRODNAME_OBJS) $(PRODNAME_RESS)
 	@$(RM) $@
 	$(PRODNAME_LINKER) $(PRODNAME_OBJS) $(PRODNAME_RESS) $(LDLIBS)
-	$(MT_COMMAND)
+	$(MT_EXE_COMMAND)
 
 endif
 endif  # ifdef PRODNAME_SRCS
@@ -739,7 +739,7 @@ $(DLL_LINK_LIBNAME) $(SHRLIBNAME): $(LIBOBJS) $(LIBNAME_RESS)
 else
 $(DLL_LINK_LIBNAME) $(SHRLIBNAME): $(LIBOBJS) $(LIBNAME_RESS)
 	$(LINK.shrlib) $(LIBOBJS) $(DLL_LDLIBS) $(LIBNAME_RESS)
-	$(MT_COMMAND)
+	$(MT_DLL_COMMAND)
 
 endif
 ifdef BORLANDC