diff --git a/.github/scripts/common.py b/.github/scripts/common.py
index 7a2beac2..a3863550 100644
--- a/.github/scripts/common.py
+++ b/.github/scripts/common.py
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ def get_build_dir(config) -> Path:
 INSTALL_DIR = BASE_DIR / "INSTALL"
 default_tmp_dir = os.getenv("TEMP") if platform.system() == "Windows" else "/tmp"
 TMP_DIR = Path(os.getenv("TMP_DIR", default_tmp_dir))
-KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR = HOME / "kiwix-build"
+if platform.system() == "Windows":
+    KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR = Path(_environ["GITHUB_WORKSPACE"])
+else:
+    KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR = HOME / "kiwix-build"
+
 
 _ref = _environ.get("GITHUB_REF", "").split("/")[-1]
 MAKE_RELEASE = re.fullmatch(r"r_[0-9]+", _ref) is not None
@@ -480,11 +484,27 @@ def create_desktop_image(make_release):
         build_path = BASE_DIR / "org.kiwix.desktop.flatpak"
         app_name = "org.kiwix.desktop.{}.flatpak".format(postfix)
         print_message("archive is {}", build_path)
+    elif platform.system() == "Windows":
+        archive_basename = "Kiwix-{}-win-amd64".format(postfix)
+        working_dir = INSTALL_DIR / archive_basename
+        build_path = working_dir.with_suffix(".zip")
+        app_name = build_path.name
+        command = [
+            "python",
+            KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR / "scripts" / "package_kiwix-desktop_windows.py",
+            str(INSTALL_DIR),
+            str(working_dir),
+            str(build_path),
+        ]
+        if make_release:
+            command += ["-s"]
+        print_message("Package archive of kiwix-desktop")
+        subprocess.check_call(command, cwd=str(HOME))
     else:
         build_path = HOME / "Kiwix-{}-x86_64.AppImage".format(postfix)
         app_name = "kiwix-desktop_x86_64_{}.appimage".format(postfix)
         command = [
-            "kiwix-build/scripts/create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh",
+            KBUILD_SOURCE_DIR / "scripts" / "create_kiwix-desktop_appImage.sh",
             str(INSTALL_DIR),
             str(src_dir),
             str(HOME / "AppDir"),
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 755c66f0..86f0c141 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout code
       uses: actions/checkout@v3
-    - name: Setup python 3.8
+    - name: Setup python 3.12
       uses: actions/setup-python@v3
       with:
-        python-version: '3.8'
+        python-version: '3.12'
     - name: Install packages
       run: |
         choco.exe install pkgconfiglite ninja
diff --git a/scripts/package_kiwix-desktop_windows.py b/scripts/package_kiwix-desktop_windows.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c4ceb8d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/package_kiwix-desktop_windows.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import sys, subprocess, shutil, argparse
+from pathlib import Path
+
+parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+parser.add_argument("install_dir")
+parser.add_argument("out_dir")
+parser.add_argument("--static_dir")
+parser.add_argument("archive_path", help="The full path of the archive to create")
+parser.add_argument("-s", "--sign", action="store_true")
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+
+install_dir = Path(args.install_dir)
+if args.static_dir:
+    static_dir = Path(args.static_dir)
+else:
+    static_dir = install_dir
+
+out_dir = Path(args.out_dir)
+archive_path = Path(args.archive_path)
+
+out_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
+
+print(
+    f"""Packaging kiwix-desktop
+- From {install_dir}
+- Static dir is {static_dir}
+- Working dir {out_dir}
+- Archive path is {archive_path}
+- Python version {sys.version}"""
+)
+
+shutil.copy2(install_dir / "bin" / "kiwix-desktop.exe", out_dir)
+subprocess.run(["windeployqt", "--compiler-runtime", str(out_dir)], check=True)
+
+
+shutil.copy2(static_dir / "bin" / "aria2c.exe", out_dir)
+
+for dll in (static_dir / "bin").glob("*.dll"):
+    shutil.copy2(dll, out_dir)
+
+
+# Copy ssl stuff
+ssl_directory = Path("C:/") / "Program Files" / "OpenSSL"
+shutil.copy2(ssl_directory / "libcrypto-1_1-x64.dll", out_dir)
+shutil.copy2(ssl_directory / "libssl-1_1-x64.dll", out_dir)
+
+# [TODO] Sign binary
+if args.sign:
+    pass
+
+print(
+    f"""Create archive
+- {archive_path.with_suffix('')}
+- From {out_dir.parent}
+- With {out_dir.name}"""
+)
+shutil.make_archive(
+    archive_path.with_suffix(""), "zip", root_dir=out_dir.parent, base_dir=out_dir.name
+)