From 108f246d89dc928095b8ea6447ce42d6ad73a23a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin Sawicki <kevinsawicki@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2017 14:54:34 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Add SubSystem setting

---
 electron.gyp | 11 ++++++++---
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/electron.gyp b/electron.gyp
index 6070b84d385a..8c3718b1cd60 100644
--- a/electron.gyp
+++ b/electron.gyp
@@ -128,9 +128,14 @@
               'AdditionalManifestFiles': 'atom/browser/resources/win/atom.manifest',
             },
             'VCLinkerTool': {
-              # Chrome builds with this minimum environment which changes the
-              # values returned from APIs like GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSIZEFRAME)
-              'MinimumRequiredVersion': '5.02'
+              # Chrome builds with this minimum environment which makes e.g.
+              # GetSystemMetrics(SM_CXSIZEFRAME) return Windows XP/2003
+              # compatible metrics. See: https://crbug.com/361720
+              #
+              # The following two settings translate to a linker flag
+              # of /SUBSYSTEM:WINDOWS,5.02
+              'MinimumRequiredVersion': '5.02',
+              'SubSystem': '2',
             },
           },
           'copies': [