diff --git a/lib/content/ci-no-windows.yml b/lib/content/ci-no-windows.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..438b7686
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/content/ci-no-windows.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+# This file is automatically added by @npmcli/template-oss. Do not edit.
+
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+      - latest
+  schedule:
+    # "At 02:00 on Monday" https://crontab.guru/#0_1_*_*_1
+    - cron: "0 2 * * 1"
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: '16'
+      - run: npm i --prefer-online -g npm@latest
+      - run: npm i
+      - run: npm run lint
+
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [12.13.0, 12.x, 14.15.0, 14.x, 16.13.0, 16.x]
+        platform:
+        - os: ubuntu-latest
+          shell: bash
+        - os: macos-latest
+          shell: bash
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.platform.os }}
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: ${{ matrix.platform.shell }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions/setup-node@v2
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - run: npm i --prefer-online -g npm@latest
+      - run: npm i
+      - run: npm test --ignore-scripts
diff --git a/lib/postinstall/copy-content.js b/lib/postinstall/copy-content.js
index c90a284e..a9db8294 100644
--- a/lib/postinstall/copy-content.js
+++ b/lib/postinstall/copy-content.js
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ const defaultConfig = {
   applyRootRepoFiles: true,
   applyWorkspaceRepoFiles: true,
   applyRootModuleFiles: true,
+  windowsCI: true,
 }
 
 const copyFiles = async (targetDir, files) => {
@@ -78,9 +79,15 @@ const copyContent = async (path, rootPath, config) => {
   if (!isWorkspace) {
     if (config.applyRootRepoFiles) {
       await copyFiles(rootPath, repoFiles)
+      if (!config.windowsCI) {
+        // copyFiles already did the mkdir so we can just fs.copyFile now
+        await fs.copyFile(join(contentDir, 'ci-no-windows.yml'), join(rootPath, 'ci.yml'))
+      }
     }
     return
-  } // only workspace now
+  }
+
+  // only workspace now
 
   // TODO: await copyFiles(path, workspaceFiles)
   // if we ever have workspace specific files
diff --git a/test/postinstall/copy-content.js b/test/postinstall/copy-content.js
index cc17c9b4..5c708278 100644
--- a/test/postinstall/copy-content.js
+++ b/test/postinstall/copy-content.js
@@ -225,3 +225,20 @@ t.test('handles workspaces with no root files', async (t) => {
   await t.rejects(fs.stat(join(root, '.github', 'workflows', 'ci-amazinga.yml')))
   await t.rejects(fs.stat(join(root, '.github', 'ISSUE_TEMPLATE', 'bug.yml')))
 })
+
+t.test('no windows ci', async (t) => {
+  const pkgWithNoWindowsCI = {
+    'package.json': JSON.stringify({
+      name: 'testpkg',
+      templateOSS: {
+        windowsCI: false,
+      },
+    }),
+  }
+  const root = t.testdir(pkgWithNoWindowsCI)
+  const config = await getConfig(root)
+  await copyContent(root, root, config)
+  const target = join(root, 'ci.yml')
+  const contents = await fs.readFile(target, 'utf8')
+  await t.notMatch(/windows/, contents, 'no windows ci')
+})