diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 3162b7ae6f..4b8cd937b9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -194,16 +194,47 @@ jobs:
         token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         file: ./coverage.xml
 
+  windows:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [["3.12", "312"]]
+        evm-version: [shanghai]
+        evm-backend: [py-evm]
+
+    name: "py${{ matrix.python-version[1] }}-windows-${{ matrix.evm-version }}-${{ matrix.evm-backend }}"
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # we need the full history for setuptools_scm to infer the version
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version[0] }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version[0] }}
+        cache: "pip"
+
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: pip install .[test]
+
+    - name: Run tests
+      run: >
+        pytest
+        -m "not fuzzing"
+        --evm-version ${{ matrix.evm-version }}
+        --evm-backend ${{ matrix.evm-backend }}
+        tests/
 
   core-tests-success:
     if: always()
     # summary result from test matrix.
     # see https://github.community/t/status-check-for-a-matrix-jobs/127354/7
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: tests
+    needs: [tests, windows]
     steps:
       - name: Check tests tests all succeeded
-        if: ${{ needs.tests.result != 'success' }}
+        if: ${{ needs.tests.result != 'success' || needs.windows.result != 'success' }}
         run: exit 1