diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 1d28fb7e2..be9d3bb5f 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,8 @@ IF   (BUILD_OSG_WRAPPERS)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgIntrospection)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osgWrappers)
 ENDIF(BUILD_OSG_WRAPPERS)
+
+IF(MSVC80)
+  OPTION(OSG_MSVC_GENERATE_PLUGINS_AND_WRAPPERS_MANIFESTS "Generate or not manifests files under VS8 for dynamically loaded dlls" ON)
+ENDIF(MSVC80)
+
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 8e813fbd4..1bcb29f89 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,7 +14,9 @@ ENDIF(NOT MSVC)
 SET(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX ${OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX})
 
 IF(MSVC80)
-  SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
+  IF(NOT OSG_MSVC_GENERATE_PLUGINS_AND_WRAPPERS_MANIFESTS)
+    SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
+  ENDIF(NOT OSG_MSVC_GENERATE_PLUGINS_AND_WRAPPERS_MANIFESTS)
 ENDIF(MSVC80)
 
 SET(TARGET_DEFAULT_PREFIX "osgdb_")
diff --git a/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
index e0ed2b787..8154622e4 100644
--- a/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgWrappers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ SET(LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH "${LIBRARY_OUTPUT_PATH}/${OSG_PLUGINS}")
 SET(CMAKE_SHARED_MODULE_PREFIX ${OSG_PLUGIN_PREFIX})
 
 IF(MSVC80)
-  SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
+  IF(NOT OSG_MSVC_GENERATE_PLUGINS_AND_WRAPPERS_MANIFESTS)
+    SET(CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_MODULE_LINKER_FLAGS} /MANIFEST:NO")
+  ENDIF(NOT OSG_MSVC_GENERATE_PLUGINS_AND_WRAPPERS_MANIFESTS)
 ENDIF(MSVC80)
 
 MACRO(ADD_WRAPPER_LIB SUBDIR EXPORTDEF)