diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-artifacts.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-artifacts.yml
index 8f71bc71a81..389f34530aa 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-artifacts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-artifacts.yml
@@ -149,6 +149,13 @@ jobs:
           gcc -Wall -g -O2 -shared -o sample.dll dll.c || exit 1
           ls -la
 
+          # #include <shellapi.h> works (needed by clar-test)
+          cat >shellapi-test.c <<-\EOF &&
+          #include <shellapi.h>
+          EOF
+
+          gcc -Wall -g -O2 -c -o shellapi-test.o shellapi-test.c || exit 1
+
           # stat works
           test "stat is /usr/bin/stat" = "$(type stat)" || exit 1
           stat /usr/bin/stat.exe || exit 1
diff --git a/.sparse/minimal-sdk b/.sparse/minimal-sdk
index dc3fdaa5352..c045892eb60 100644
--- a/.sparse/minimal-sdk
+++ b/.sparse/minimal-sdk
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
 !/mingw64/include/tuner*
 !/mingw64/include/wm*
 !/mingw64/include/x*
+/mingw64/include/shellapi.h
 /mingw64/lib/*.o
 /mingw64/lib/libadvapi32*
 /mingw64/lib/libbrotli*