diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7eafdc532433c5db309091f2cc8c036281d878a7..b914efabc6eaa6d3b4542aa3dd20e7528994a0e1 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -300,4 +300,10 @@ windows:
 
   script:
     - cd $CI_PROJECT_DIR
-    - dir
+    - mkdir build
+    - cd build
+    - cmake .. -DBUILD_VF_CPU=OFF -DBUILD_VF_GPU=ON -DBUILD_VF_UNIT_TESTS=ON -G "$CMAKE_GENERATOR" ..
+    #- MSBuild.exe walberla.sln /property:Configuration=$BUILD_CONFIGURATION /verbosity:minimal /maxcpucount:4
+
+  variables:
+    CMAKE_GENERATOR: "Visual Studio 16 2019 Win64"