diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9efc498..ad9220e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,29 @@ env:
     ~/.hunter
 
 jobs:
+  Windows_MSVC:
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: ${{ env.CACHE_PATHS }}
+          key: ${{ github.job }}-${{ env.CACHE_VERSION }}
+          
+      - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+        uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.1
+        with:
+          vs-version: "16.11"
+          
+      - name: build msvc 2019 16
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: bash ./scripts/build_win.sh
+
+      - name: show tests dir
+        run: |
+          dir .\build\tests_bin\Debug
+
+
   MacOS:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e411dee..fec59c7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,10 +30,9 @@ find_package(Microsoft.GSL CONFIG REQUIRED)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
-if (BUILD_TESTS)
-    enable_testing()
-    add_subdirectory(test ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests_bin)
-endif ()
+
+enable_testing()
+add_subdirectory(test ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/tests_bin)
 
 ###############################################################################
 #   INSTALLATION
@@ -71,4 +70,4 @@ install(
     EXPORT scaleConfig
     DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/scale
     NAMESPACE scale::
-)
+)
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diff --git a/cmake/HunterGate.cmake b/cmake/HunterGate.cmake
index bd00e6a..51f3d3d 100644
--- a/cmake/HunterGate.cmake
+++ b/cmake/HunterGate.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
 # Projects:
 #     * https://github.com/hunter-packages/gate/
 #     * https://github.com/ruslo/hunter
+set(CXXFLAGS="-Wno-error=deprecated-copy" cmake CMakeLists.txt)
 
 option(HUNTER_ENABLED "Enable Hunter package manager support" ON)
 
@@ -536,4 +537,4 @@ macro(HunterGate)
         include("${_master_location}")
         set_property(GLOBAL PROPERTY HUNTER_GATE_DONE YES)
     endif()
-endmacro()
+endmacro()
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diff --git a/scripts/build_win.sh b/scripts/build_win.sh
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb68941
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/build_win.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash -xe
+
+mkdir build && cd build
+cmake ..
+cmake --build .
+ctest -C Debug
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diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b6fba1..ee61674 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -157,4 +157,4 @@ addtest(scale_encode_counter_test
         )
 target_link_libraries(scale_encode_counter_test
         scale
-        )
+        )
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