diff --git a/.github/workflows/.windows-msys2-visam.yml b/.github/workflows/.windows-msys2-visam.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..363e8719e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/.windows-msys2-visam.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+name: Windows Workflow
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ gc4 ]
+  push:
+    branches: [ gc3_to_gc4 ]
+  # manual run in actions tab - for all branches
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os:
+          - windows-latest
+
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    steps:
+      # Checks-out your repository under $GITHUB_WORKSPACE, so your job can access it
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Install packages
+        uses: msys2/setup-msys2@v2
+        with:
+          update: true
+          install: autoconf automake libtool make mingw-w64-x86_64-libxml2 mingw-w64-x86_64-cjson mingw-w64-x86_64-db mingw-w64-x86_64-gmp libdb-devel mingw-w64-x86_64-gcc flex bison gmp-devel help2man texinfo gettext-devel
+
+      - name: Set git user
+        run: |
+          git config --global user.name github-actions
+          git config --global user.email github-actions-bot@users.noreply.github.com
+
+      - name: Installing VISAM prerequisite
+        run: |
+          wget http://inglenet.ca/Products/GnuCOBOL/visam-2.2.tar.Z
+          tar -xvzf visam-2.2.tar.Z
+          cd visam-2.2
+          ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/visam-2.2 --enable-vbisamdefault
+          sed -i -e "s/\(allow_undefined=\)yes/\1no/" libtool
+          make
+          make install
+          echo "/usr/local/visam-2.2/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
+          echo "CPATH=/usr/local/visam-2.2/include" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/visam-2.2/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          echo "LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/visam-2.2/lib" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: bootstrap
+        run: |
+          ./autogen.sh
+          autoconf
+          autoreconf --install --force
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: Build environment setup
+        run: |
+          mkdir _build
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: configure
+        run: |
+          cd _build
+          ../configure --with-visam --with-indexed=visam --enable-cobc-internal-checks --enable-hardening --prefix /opt/cobol/gnucobol --exec-prefix /opt/cobol/gnucobol
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: Upload config.log
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: config.log
+          path: _build/config.log
+
+      - name: make
+        run: |
+          cd _build
+          make --jobs=$(($(nproc)+1))
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          cd _build
+          make install
+          find /opt/cobol > install.log
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+      - name: Upload install.log
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: install.log
+          path: _build/install.log
+
+      - name: check
+        run: |
+          export PATH=/opt/cobol/gnucobol/bin:$PATH
+          cd _build/tests
+          make check TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$(($(nproc)+1))"
+        shell: msys2 {0}
+
+#          make check TESTSUITEFLAGS="--jobs=$(($(nproc)+1))" || (echo "not all tests passed")
+#          make test
+
+      - name: Upload testsuite.log
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        if: failure()
+        with:
+          name: testsuite.log
+          path: _build/tests/testsuite.log
diff --git a/.github/workflows/macos.yml b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
index dd65c1592..0b0ad0ad2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/macos.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/macos.yml
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ jobs:
           ../configure --with-${{ matrix.isam }} \
                        --with-indexed=${{ matrix.isam }} \
                        --enable-cobc-internal-checks \
-                       --enable-hardening \
+                       --enable-hardening --enable-debug \
                        --prefix /opt/cobol/gnucobol
 
       - name: Upload config-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ matrix.isam }}.log