diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index e670c3f999f..17b73f55b7a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ PHP                                                                        NEWS
 - Core:
   . Fixed bug #71876 (Memory corruption htmlspecialchars(): charset `*' not
     supported). (Nikita)
+  . Fixed bug ##79146 (cscript can fail to run on some systems). (clarodeus)
 
 - CURL:
   . Fixed bug #79078 (Hypothetical use-after-free in curl_multi_add_handle()).
diff --git a/buildconf.bat b/buildconf.bat
index 698d80a823f..004d36f42c0 100644
--- a/buildconf.bat
+++ b/buildconf.bat
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 @echo off
-cscript /nologo win32\build\buildconf.js %*
+cscript /nologo /e:jscript win32\build\buildconf.js %*
 SET PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH=%~dp0
 copy %PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH%\win32\build\configure.bat %PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH% > nul
 SET PHP_SDK_SCRIPT_PATH=
diff --git a/win32/build/buildconf.js b/win32/build/buildconf.js
index e76aff00008..d9280239944 100644
--- a/win32/build/buildconf.js
+++ b/win32/build/buildconf.js
@@ -258,4 +258,4 @@ C.WriteBlankLines(1);
 C.Write(file_get_contents("win32/build/configure.tail"));
 
 B.WriteLine("@echo off");
-B.WriteLine("cscript /nologo configure.js %*");
+B.WriteLine("cscript /nologo /e:jscript configure.js %*");
diff --git a/win32/build/configure.bat b/win32/build/configure.bat
index 45d273dc6bf..8adefd8c96c 100644
--- a/win32/build/configure.bat
+++ b/win32/build/configure.bat
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 @echo off
-cscript /nologo configure.js %*
+cscript /nologo /e:jscript configure.js %*
diff --git a/win32/build/confutils.js b/win32/build/confutils.js
index 7a68d4288d0..96d9b887b66 100644
--- a/win32/build/confutils.js
+++ b/win32/build/confutils.js
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ function conf_process_args()
 	var i, j;
 	var configure_help_mode = false;
 	var analyzed = false;
-	var nice = "cscript /nologo configure.js ";
+	var nice = "cscript /nologo /e:jscript configure.js ";
 	var disable_all = false;
 
 	args = WScript.Arguments;
diff --git a/win32/build/phpize.bat b/win32/build/phpize.bat
index a79885f0088..26647332589 100644
--- a/win32/build/phpize.bat
+++ b/win32/build/phpize.bat
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @echo off
 SET PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH=%~dp0
-cscript /nologo %PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH%\script\phpize.js %*
+cscript /nologo /e:jscript %PHP_BUILDCONF_PATH%\script\phpize.js %*
 IF NOT EXIST configure.bat (
 	echo Error generating configure script, configure script was not copied
 	exit /b 3
diff --git a/win32/build/phpize.js.in b/win32/build/phpize.js.in
index 904b1130c17..b64f32c71d2 100644
--- a/win32/build/phpize.js.in
+++ b/win32/build/phpize.js.in
@@ -260,6 +260,6 @@ C.WriteBlankLines(1);
 C.Write(file_get_contents(PHP_DIR + "\\script\\configure.tail"));
 
 B.WriteLine("@echo off");
-B.WriteLine("cscript /nologo configure.js %*");
+B.WriteLine("cscript /nologo /e:jscript configure.js %*");
 
 FSO.CopyFile(PHP_DIR + "\\script\\run-tests.php", "run-tests.php", true);