diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 756f00e3..e50ac83e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -52,13 +52,6 @@ jobs:
       run: sudo apt -y update ; sudo apt -y install libmbedtls-dev valgrind
     - if: ${{ env.GO == 1 }}
       run: make unamalgamated && make valgrind && make mg_prefix
-  examples:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    steps:
-    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - run: sudo apt -y install libmbedtls-dev libpcap-dev
-    - run: make clean examples
-    - run: make clean test MG_ENABLE_POLL=1
   macos:
     runs-on: macos-latest
     env: { HOMEBREW_NO_AUTO_UPDATE: 1 }
@@ -101,6 +94,27 @@ jobs:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v3
     - run: make riscv
 
+  examples:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - run: sudo apt -y install libmbedtls-dev libpcap-dev
+    - run: make clean examples
+    - run: make clean test MG_ENABLE_POLL=1
+  examples_win:
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+#    - uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
+#      with:
+#        platform: x64
+    - name: test they build
+      run: make examples_win
+      shell: cmd
+    - name: test they clean
+      run: make clean_examples_win
+      shell: cmd
+
   test_f7:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index dd954698..1497021f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ IPV6 ?= 1
 ASAN ?= -fsanitize=address,undefined,alignment -fno-sanitize-recover=all -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fno-common
 ASAN_OPTIONS ?= detect_leaks=1
 EXAMPLES := $(dir $(wildcard examples/*/Makefile))
+EXAMPLES_WIN := $(dir $(wildcard examples/device-dashboard/Makefile) $(wildcard examples/file-*/Makefile) $(wildcard examples/http-*/Makefile) $(wildcard examples/mqtt-*/Makefile) $(wildcard examples/websocket-*/Makefile) $(wildcard examples/webui-*/Makefile))
 PREFIX ?= /usr/local
 VERSION ?= $(shell cut -d'"' -f2 src/version.h)
 COMMON_CFLAGS ?= $(C_WARN) $(WARN) $(INCS) $(DEFS) -DMG_ENABLE_IPV6=$(IPV6) $(TFLAGS) -pthread
@@ -57,6 +58,11 @@ mip_tap_test: test/mip_tap_test.c mongoose.c mongoose.h Makefile
 examples:
 	@for X in $(EXAMPLES); do test -f $$X/Makefile || continue; $(MAKE) -C $$X example || exit 1; done
 
+examples_win:
+	$(foreach X, $(EXAMPLES_WIN), $(MAKE) -C $(X) example &)
+clean_examples_win:
+	$(foreach X, $(EXAMPLES_WIN), $(MAKE) -C $(X) clean &)
+
 test/packed_fs.c: Makefile src/ssi.h test/fuzz.c test/data/a.txt
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) test/pack.c -o pack
 	$(RUN) ./pack Makefile src/ssi.h test/fuzz.c test/data/a.txt test/data/range.txt > $@