diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7f90bd510..e41ec8cbd 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
 /.cipd_client*
 /.versions
 
+# ignore ninja.exe copied from .cipd_bin.
+/ninja.exe
+
 # Ignore "disable auto update" sentinel file.
 .disable_auto_update
 
diff --git a/cipd_bin_setup.bat b/cipd_bin_setup.bat
index 11350cdea..3936fc0d5 100644
--- a/cipd_bin_setup.bat
+++ b/cipd_bin_setup.bat
@@ -3,4 +3,6 @@
 :: Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 :: found in the LICENSE file.
 
-"%~dp0\cipd.bat" ensure -log-level warning -ensure-file "%~dp0\cipd_manifest.txt" -root "%~dp0\.cipd_bin"
+call "%~dp0\cipd.bat" ensure -log-level warning -ensure-file "%~dp0\cipd_manifest.txt" -root "%~dp0\.cipd_bin"
+:: copy ninja.exe to the root since many places assume ninja.exe exists in depot_tools.
+copy /y "%~dp0\.cipd_bin\ninja.exe" "%~dp0\ninja.exe" > nul
diff --git a/ninja b/ninja
index 4b3f98702..99a6c7e35 100755
--- a/ninja
+++ b/ninja
@@ -1,40 +1,11 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
-# Copyright (c) 2012 Google Inc. All rights reserved.
+# Copyright 2022 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
 # Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
 # found in the LICENSE file.
 
-OS="$(uname -s)"
-THIS_DIR="$(dirname "${0}")"
+# See revert instructions in cipd_manifest.txt
 
-function print_help() {
-cat <<-EOF
-No prebuilt ninja binary was found for this system.
-Try building your own binary by doing:
-  cd ~
-  git clone https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git -b v1.8.2
-  cd ninja && ./configure.py --bootstrap
-Then add ~/ninja/ to your PATH.
-EOF
-}
+MYPATH="$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")"
 
-case "$OS" in
-  Linux)
-    MACHINE=$(uname -m)
-    case "$MACHINE" in
-      x86_64)
-        exec "${THIS_DIR}/ninja-linux64" "$@";;
-      *)
-        echo Unsupported architecture \($MACHINE\) -- unable to run ninja.
-        print_help
-        exit 1;;
-    esac
-    ;;
-  Darwin)    exec "${THIS_DIR}/ninja-mac" "$@";;
-  CYGWIN*)   exec cmd.exe /c $(cygpath -t windows $0).exe "$@";;
-  MINGW*)    cmd.exe //c $0.exe "$@";;
-  MSYS_NT*)  cmd.exe //c $0.exe "$@";;
-  *)         echo "Unsupported OS ${OS}"
-             print_help
-             exit 1;;
-esac
+exec "$MYPATH/.cipd_bin/ninja" "$@"
diff --git a/ninja-linux64 b/ninja-linux64
deleted file mode 100755
index d72fb5679..000000000
Binary files a/ninja-linux64 and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/ninja-mac b/ninja-mac
deleted file mode 100755
index 995ccc000..000000000
Binary files a/ninja-mac and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/ninja.exe b/ninja.exe
deleted file mode 100755
index f86ef0738..000000000
Binary files a/ninja.exe and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/recipes/README.recipes.md b/recipes/README.recipes.md
index 7b1297c8d..9b09a72e3 100644
--- a/recipes/README.recipes.md
+++ b/recipes/README.recipes.md
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ Sets a fixed revision for a single dependency using project revision
 properties.
 ### *recipe_modules* / [depot\_tools](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools)
 
-[DEPS](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py#7): [recipe\_engine/cipd][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/cipd], [recipe\_engine/context][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/context], [recipe\_engine/platform][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/platform], [recipe\_engine/runtime][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/runtime]
+[DEPS](/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py#7): [recipe\_engine/cipd][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/cipd], [recipe\_engine/context][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/context], [recipe\_engine/file][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/file], [recipe\_engine/platform][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/platform], [recipe\_engine/runtime][recipe_engine/recipe_modules/runtime]
 
 PYTHON_VERSION_COMPATIBILITY: PY2+3
 
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
index c9f0de463..4d6d352dd 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/__init__.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ PYTHON_VERSION_COMPATIBILITY = 'PY2+3'
 DEPS = [
   'recipe_engine/cipd',
   'recipe_engine/context',
+  'recipe_engine/file',
   'recipe_engine/platform',
   'recipe_engine/runtime',
 ]
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
index 6c52b3905..98c8b33a2 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/api.py
@@ -85,4 +85,11 @@ class DepotToolsApi(recipe_api.RecipeApi):
       self.repo_resource('.cipd_bin'),
       self.repo_resource('cipd_manifest.txt'),
       'ensure depot_tools/.cipd_bin')
+    if self.m.platform.is_win:
+      # Copy ninja.exe from .cipd_bin to depot_tools root because there are
+      # many places that assume depot_tools/ninja.exe exists.
+      self.m.file.copy(
+        'copy depot_tools/.cipd_bin/ninja.exe to depot_tools/',
+        self.repo_resource('.cipd_bin', 'ninja.exe'),
+        self.repo_resource('ninja.exe'))
     self._cipd_bin_setup_called = True
diff --git a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
index 8ae032a4e..239addbad 100644
--- a/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
+++ b/recipes/recipe_modules/depot_tools/examples/full.expected/win.json
@@ -62,6 +62,20 @@
       "@@@STEP_LOG_END@json.output@@@"
     ]
   },
+  {
+    "cmd": [
+      "vpython3",
+      "-u",
+      "RECIPE_MODULE[recipe_engine::file]\\resources\\fileutil.py",
+      "--json-output",
+      "/path/to/tmp/json",
+      "copy",
+      "RECIPE_REPO[depot_tools]\\.cipd_bin\\ninja.exe",
+      "RECIPE_REPO[depot_tools]\\ninja.exe"
+    ],
+    "infra_step": true,
+    "name": "copy depot_tools/.cipd_bin/ninja.exe to depot_tools/"
+  },
   {
     "cmd": [
       "ls",