diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index de144ee6104c5..ee86baa0ff6a4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ jobs:
         with:
           fetch-depth: 2
 
+      - run: |
+          cmd.exe /c '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 10.0.22621.0 && set' >> "$GITHUB_ENV"
+          cmd.exe /c '"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 10.0.22621.0 && set'
+
       # Free up disk space on Linux by removing preinstalled components that
       # we do not need. We do this to enable some of the less resource
       # intensive jobs to run on free runners, which however also have
@@ -179,6 +183,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: show the current environment
         run: src/ci/scripts/dump-environment.sh
 
+      - run: |
+          "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual Studio\2022\Community\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvarsall.bat" x86 10.0.22621.0 >NUL & set > %GITHUB_ENV%
+
       - name: run the build
         # Redirect stderr to stdout to avoid reordering the two streams in the GHA logs.
         run: src/ci/scripts/run-build-from-ci.sh 2>&1