diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 1df44c4f0094b4..b713a834b704bd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -183,3 +183,77 @@ jobs:
 # Disable testing for now. TBD: Need local cygwin installation to debug .
 #    - name: Run openssl tests
 #      run: bash -c "cd openssl && make V=1 test"
+  mingw:
+    # Run a job for each of the specified target architectures:
+    # copied and modified from shared. Instead of installing nasm we
+    # install mingw and cygwin.
+    #
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - windows-2022
+        platform:
+          - arch: win64
+            config: --strict-warnings enable-tests enable-demos no-fips
+    runs-on: ${{ github.server_url == 'https://github.com' && matrix.os || format('{0}-self-hosted', matrix.os) }}
+    env:
+      CYGWIN_NOWINPATH: 1
+      SHELLOPTS: igncr
+      MAKE_PARAMS: -j 4
+      CC: gcc
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - uses: cygwin/cygwin-install-action@master
+      with:
+         packages: perl git make gcc-core gcc
+    - name: Check repo
+      run: cygcheck -V
+    - name: Full cygcheck status
+      run: cygcheck -s -v -r -h
+    - name: Install MinGW
+      uses: egor-tensin/setup-mingw@v2
+      with:
+        platform: x64
+        cygwin: 1
+# if I understand things right the repo got cloned by actions/checkout@v4
+# the action should place us into the OPENSSL SRC root.
+#    - name: Clone repo
+#      run: bash -c "pwd && git clone --branch master --depth 1 https://github.com/${{ github.repository }}.git"
+#    - uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+#      with:
+#        arch: ${{ matrix.platform.arch }}
+    - name: prepare the build directory
+      run: mkdir _build
+    - name: config
+      working-directory: _build
+      run: |
+        perl ..\Configure --banner=Configured no-makedepend ${{ matrix.platform.config }} mingw64
+        perl configdata.pm --dump
+    - name: build
+      working-directory: _build
+      run: nmake /S
+    - name: save artifacts
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+      with:
+        name: "ci@-${{ matrix.os }}"
+        path: _build
+        if-no-files-found: ignore
+        retention-days: 2
+    - name: download coreinfo
+      uses: suisei-cn/actions-download-file@v1.6.0
+      with:
+        url: "https://download.sysinternals.com/files/Coreinfo.zip"
+        target: _build/coreinfo/
+    - name: get cpu info
+      working-directory: _build
+      continue-on-error: true
+      run: |
+        7z.exe x coreinfo/Coreinfo.zip
+        ./Coreinfo64.exe -accepteula -f
+        ./apps/openssl.exe version -c
+    - name: Check platform symbol usage
+      working-directory: _build
+      run: perl ../util/checkplatformsyms.pl ../util/platform_symbols/windows-symbols.txt libcrypto-3-x64.dll ./libssl-3-x64.dll
+    - name: test
+      working-directory: _build
+      run: nmake test VERBOSE_FAILURE=yes HARNESS_JOBS=4