diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml
index 0d0e27df0..005731d8b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows-msvc.yml
@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install MLT
         run: |
           cmake --install build
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          ctest --test-dir build -C Debug
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7ca5f98b3..1540c5ee3 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ endif()
 
 if (MSVC)
   find_package(PThreads4W REQUIRED)
+  find_package(Dirent 1.26 REQUIRED)
 endif ()
 find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
@@ -335,7 +336,10 @@ endif()
 
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   find_package(Qt${QT_MAJOR_VERSION} REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Test)
-  find_package(Kwalify REQUIRED)
+  if(NOT MSVC)
+    # Kwalify is not available for MSVC easily (eg. via vcpkg)
+    find_package(Kwalify REQUIRED)
+  endif()
   enable_testing()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/CMakePresets.json b/CMakePresets.json
index 324cbe961..081af7d6d 100644
--- a/CMakePresets.json
+++ b/CMakePresets.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
             "binaryDir": "${sourceDir}/build",
             "toolchainFile": "$env{VCPKG_ROOT}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake",
             "cacheVariables": {
-                "BUILD_TESTING": "OFF",
+                "BUILD_TESTING": "ON",
                 "SWIG_PYTHON": "OFF",
                 "MOD_AVFORMAT": "ON",
                 "MOD_DECKLINK": "OFF",
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
                 "MOD_RTAUDIO": "OFF",
                 "MOD_RUBBERBAND": "ON",
                 "MOD_SDL2": "ON",
-                "MOD_DOX": "OFF",
+                "MOD_SPATIALAUDIO": "OFF",
                 "MOD_VIDSTAB": "OFF",
                 "MOD_VORBIS": "ON",
                 "MOD_XINE": "OFF",
diff --git a/cmake/FindDirent.cmake b/cmake/FindDirent.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff8a72503
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/FindDirent.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+find_package(Dirent CONFIG)
+
+if(NOT Dirent_FOUND)
+    include(FindPackageHandleStandardArgs)
+
+    find_path(Dirent_INCLUDE_DIR
+        NAMES dirent.h
+    )
+
+    find_package_handle_standard_args(Dirent
+        REQUIRED_VARS
+            Dirent_INCLUDE_DIR
+    )
+
+    if(Dirent_FOUND AND NOT TARGET dirent)
+        add_library(dirent INTERFACE)
+        set_target_properties(dirent PROPERTIES
+            INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES "${Dirent_INCLUDE_DIR}"
+        )
+    endif()
+endif()
diff --git a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
index aae6c994f..6d16e0938 100644
--- a/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/framework/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ target_compile_options(mlt PRIVATE ${MLT_COMPILE_OPTIONS})
 target_link_libraries(mlt PRIVATE Threads::Threads ${CMAKE_DL_LIBS})
 
 if(MSVC)
-  target_link_libraries(mlt PRIVATE msvccompat PThreads4W::PThreads4W)
+  target_link_libraries(mlt PRIVATE msvccompat PThreads4W::PThreads4W dirent)
 else()
   target_link_libraries(mlt PRIVATE m)
 endif()
diff --git a/src/modules/xml/consumer_xml.c b/src/modules/xml/consumer_xml.c
index b5442d0f5..878db67fe 100644
--- a/src/modules/xml/consumer_xml.c
+++ b/src/modules/xml/consumer_xml.c
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
 #include <unistd.h>
+#else
+#include <direct.h>
 #endif
 
 #define ID_SIZE 128
diff --git a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 720225649..eca7b0306 100644
--- a/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ function(add_qt_test)
     mlt++
     ${ARG_LINK_LIBRARIES}
   )
+  if(MSVC)
+    target_link_libraries(${_testname} PRIVATE PThreads4W::PThreads4W)
+  endif()
+
   target_include_directories(${_testname} PRIVATE ${arg_INCLUDE_DIRS})
   add_test(NAME "QtTest:${arg_TEST_NAME}" COMMAND ${_testname})
 
@@ -51,12 +55,13 @@ if(MOD_QT6)
   )
 endif()
 
-
-file(GLOB YML_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules/*/*.yml")
-foreach(YML_FILE ${YML_FILES})
-  get_filename_component(FILE_NAME ${YML_FILE} NAME)
-  file(RELATIVE_PATH KWALIFY_TEST_NAME "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules" ${YML_FILE})
-  if(NOT FILE_NAME MATCHES "resolution_scale.yml")
-    add_test(NAME "kwalify:${KWALIFY_TEST_NAME}" COMMAND ${Kwalify_EXECUTABLE} -f "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/framework/metaschema.yaml" ${YML_FILE})
-  endif()
-endforeach()
+if(Kwalify_FOUND)
+  file(GLOB YML_FILES "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules/*/*.yml")
+  foreach(YML_FILE ${YML_FILES})
+    get_filename_component(FILE_NAME ${YML_FILE} NAME)
+    file(RELATIVE_PATH KWALIFY_TEST_NAME "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/modules" ${YML_FILE})
+    if(NOT FILE_NAME MATCHES "resolution_scale.yml")
+      add_test(NAME "kwalify:${KWALIFY_TEST_NAME}" COMMAND ${Kwalify_EXECUTABLE} -f "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/src/framework/metaschema.yaml" ${YML_FILE})
+    endif()
+  endforeach()
+endif()
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 2299fb7be..a01b9155f 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
     "libebur128",
     "gdk-pixbuf",
     "rubberband",
-    "libvorbis"
+    "libvorbis",
+    "fftw3",
+    "libexif"
   ]
 }