diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 552c37b..4ab8217 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -6,13 +6,8 @@ on:
       - trunk
 
 jobs:
-  examples:
-    strategy:
-      matrix:
-        os:
-          - ubuntu-latest
-          - windows-latest
-    runs-on: "${{ matrix.os }}"
+  linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
     - uses: tiawl/spaceporn-action-env@v1.0.3
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -21,9 +16,48 @@ jobs:
         version: ${{ env.zig_version }}
     - name: Test building examples
       shell: bash
-      run:
+      run: |
         zig build --build-file "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/examples/build.zig"
-    - name: Run examples
-      shell: bash
+        env -C ./examples ./zig-out/bin/examples
+  windows:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        arch:
+          - amd64
+          - i386
+        include:
+          - arch: amd64
+            msystem: UCRT64
+          - arch: i386
+            msystem: MINGW32
+    runs-on: windows-2022
+    env:
+      LDFLAGS: -s
+      SUFFIX: windows-${{ matrix.arch }}
+    defaults:
       run:
-        ./examples/zig-out/bin/examples
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+    steps:
+    - uses: tiawl/spaceporn-action-env@v1.0.3
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: mlugg/setup-zig@v1
+      with:
+        version: ${{ env.zig_version }}
+    - uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+      with:
+        update: true
+        msystem: ${{ matrix.msystem }}
+        install: >-
+          base-devel
+          git
+          autoconf
+          automake
+          libtool
+        pacboy: >-
+          toolchain:p
+    - name: Test building and running examples
+      shell: bash
+      run: |
+        zig build --build-file "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/examples/build.zig"
+        env -C "${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/examples" ./zig-out/bin/examples
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 48c1f92..d70c719 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 .github:
-- add ping.yaml (reminder: update pong.yaml accprdingly)
+- add ping.yaml (reminder: update pong.yaml accordingly)
 - add build CI test
diff --git a/build.zig b/build.zig
index b7e0050..01358d6 100644
--- a/build.zig
+++ b/build.zig
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ fn update (builder: *std.Build, path: *const Paths,
   try toolbox.run (builder,
     .{ .argv = &[_][] const u8 { "autoreconf", "-i", }, .cwd = path.getTmp (), });
   try toolbox.run (builder,
-    .{ .argv = &[_][] const u8 { "./configure", "--with-oniguruma=builtin", }, .cwd = path.getTmp (), });
+    .{ .argv = &[_][] const u8 { "./configure", "--disable-docs", "--disable-valgrind", "--with-oniguruma=builtin", }, .cwd = path.getTmp (), });
   try toolbox.run (builder,
     .{ .argv = &[_][] const u8 { "make", "-j8", }, .cwd = path.getTmp (), });
 
@@ -122,13 +122,23 @@ pub fn build (builder: *std.Build) !void
     .optimize = optimize,
   });
 
-  const flags = [_][] const u8
-  {
-    "-DIEEE_8087=1", "-D_GNU_SOURCE=1",
-  };
-
   toolbox.addInclude (lib, "jq");
 
+  if (lib.rootModuleTarget ().isMinGW ())
+  {
+    const winpthreads_dep = builder.dependency ("winpthreads", .{
+      .target = target,
+      .optimize = optimize,
+    });
+    const pthreads = winpthreads_dep.artifact ("winpthreads");
+    for (pthreads.root_module.include_dirs.items) |include|
+    {
+      lib.root_module.include_dirs.append (builder.allocator, include) catch {};
+    }
+    lib.linkLibrary (pthreads);
+    lib.linkSystemLibrary ("shlwapi");
+  }
+
   lib.linkLibC ();
 
   toolbox.addHeader (lib, path.getJqSrc (), ".", &.{ ".h", ".inc", });
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ pub fn build (builder: *std.Build) !void
     try std.fs.openDirAbsolute (path.getJqSrc (), .{ .iterate = true, });
   defer jq_src_dir.close ();
 
+  const flags = [_][] const u8 { "-DIEEE_8087=1", "-D_GNU_SOURCE=1", };
   var it = jq_src_dir.iterate ();
   while (try it.next ()) |*entry|
   {
diff --git a/build.zig.zon b/build.zig.zon
index 014479c..28c1005 100644
--- a/build.zig.zon
+++ b/build.zig.zon
@@ -12,5 +12,9 @@
             .url = "https://github.com/tiawl/toolbox/archive/refs/tags/1.11.1.tar.gz",
             .hash = "1220ef9bc01cb4a9e4825f651e3df2f14d9ac7673c21ad2459ad6c9150776a7c27ef",
         },
+        .winpthreads = .{
+            .url = "git+https://github.com/kassane/winpthreads-zigbuild#28bd4f1a8e8b0ec84b18fde2fed54c457860e19c",
+            .hash = "1220bfa3c86c51e0b6df2339e2ffa376bb38df161a48a1108b093ed592a8a3e91e9d",
+        },
     },
 }
diff --git a/examples/src/main.zig b/examples/src/main.zig
index f9742a3..36cbd23 100644
--- a/examples/src/main.zig
+++ b/examples/src/main.zig
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ pub fn main () !void
 
   while (c.jv_is_valid (result) != 0)
   {
-    printable_res = c.jv_string_value (c.jv_dump_string (result, c.JV_PRINT_COLOR | c.JV_PRINT_SPACE1 | c.JV_PRINT_PRETTY | c.JV_PRINT_ISATTY));
+    printable_res = c.jv_string_value (c.jv_dump_string (result, c.JV_PRINT_SPACE1 | c.JV_PRINT_PRETTY));
     std.debug.print ("{s}\n", .{ printable_res, });
     result = c.jq_next (jq);
   }
diff --git a/jq/src/config_opts.inc b/jq/src/config_opts.inc
index d78dce7..ac6aaec 100644
--- a/jq/src/config_opts.inc
+++ b/jq/src/config_opts.inc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-#define JQ_CONFIG "--with-oniguruma=builtin"
+#define JQ_CONFIG "--disable-docs --disable-valgrind --with-oniguruma=builtin"