diff --git a/.ci/scripts/windows/docker.sh b/.ci/scripts/windows/docker.sh
index 446da7d3e5..6641c3b16a 100755
--- a/.ci/scripts/windows/docker.sh
+++ b/.ci/scripts/windows/docker.sh
@@ -7,55 +7,42 @@ set -e
 
 #cd /suyu
 
-ccache -sv
+wine ccache.exe -sv
 
 mkdir -p build && cd build
-cmake .. \
+wine cmake.exe .. \
     -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
-    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="${PWD}/../CMakeModules/MinGWCross.cmake" \
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=C:/windows-libs/mingw64/ \
     -DDISPLAY_VERSION="$1" \
-    -DENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_LIST_DOWNLOAD=ON \
-    -DENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION=ON \
+    -DENABLE_COMPATIBILITY_LIST_DOWNLOAD=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_QT_TRANSLATION=OFF \
     -DUSE_CCACHE=ON \
     -DSUYU_USE_BUNDLED_SDL2=OFF \
     -DSUYU_USE_EXTERNAL_SDL2=OFF \
+    -DENABLE_LIBUSB=NO \
     -DSUYU_TESTS=OFF \
     -GNinja
-ninja suyu suyu-cmd
+wine ninja.exe suyu suyu-cmd
 
-ccache -sv
+wine ccache.exe -sv
 
 echo "Tests skipped"
+# TODO: actually run the tests
 #ctest -VV -C Release
 
 echo 'Prepare binaries...'
 cd ..
 mkdir package
 
-if [ -d "/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/qt5/plugins/platforms/" ]; then
-  QT_PLUGINS_PATH='/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/qt5/plugins'
-else
-  #fallback to qt
-  QT_PLUGINS_PATH='/usr/x86_64-w64-mingw32/lib/qt/plugins'
-fi
-
 find build/ -name "suyu*.exe" -exec cp {} 'package' \;
 
-# copy Qt plugins
-mkdir package/platforms
-cp -v "${QT_PLUGINS_PATH}/platforms/qwindows.dll" package/platforms/
-cp -rv "${QT_PLUGINS_PATH}/mediaservice/" package/
-cp -rv "${QT_PLUGINS_PATH}/imageformats/" package/
-cp -rv "${QT_PLUGINS_PATH}/styles/" package/
-rm -f package/mediaservice/*d.dll
-
 for i in package/*.exe; do
   # we need to process pdb here, however, cv2pdb
   # does not work here, so we just simply strip all the debug symbols
   x86_64-w64-mingw32-strip "${i}"
 done
 
-python3 .ci/scripts/windows/scan_dll.py package/*.exe package/imageformats/*.dll "package/"
+python3 .ci/scripts/windows/scan_dll.py package/*.exe "package/"
 
 # copy FFmpeg libraries
 EXTERNALS_PATH="$(pwd)/build/externals"
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 874fcf6fa3..6c0d9e40ba 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -25,3 +25,17 @@ build-linux:
   artifacts:
     paths:
       - artifacts/*
+
+build-windows:
+  stage: build
+  image: suyuemu/cibuild:windows-x64
+  resource_group: windows-ci
+  variables:
+    RELEASE_NAME: mainline
+  script:
+    - git submodule update --init --depth 1 --recursive
+    - bash .ci/scripts/windows/docker.sh
+    - bash .ci/scripts/windows/upload.sh
+  artifacts:
+    paths:
+      - artifacts/*