diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 6d00b37f0adee3da393e90d43e23046c7120dfb4..082cf40cabd6767be5826b29792b879619d7e3c6 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@ stages:
     echo "Commit time was $CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"
     date | xargs echo "System time is"
 
+.print-common-info-windows: &print-common-info-windows
+  - |
+    echo "Printing common information for build job."
+    echo "Current job is run on commit $CI_COMMIT_SHA"
+    echo "Commit time was $CI_COMMIT_TIMESTAMP"
+    ("echo 'System time is'", "Get-Date -Format 'dddd dd/MM/yyyy HH:mm K'") | Invoke-Expression
+
 .get-previous-merge-commit-sha: &get-previous-merge-commit-sha
   - previous_merge_commit=$(git --no-pager log --merges HEAD~1 -n 1 --pretty=format:%H)
 
@@ -156,6 +163,11 @@ stages:
   tags:
     - ivas-linux
 
+.build-job-windows:
+  stage: build
+  timeout: "4 minutes"
+  tags:
+    - ivas-windows
 
 # template for test jobs on linux that need the TESTV_DIR
 .test-job-linux-needs-testv-dir:
@@ -172,6 +184,12 @@ stages:
     exit_codes:
       - 123
 
+.build-job-windows-with-check-for-warnings:
+  extends: .build-job-windows
+  stage: build
+  allow_failure:
+    exit_codes:
+      - 123
 
 
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -262,6 +280,31 @@ build-codec-sanitizers-linux:
     - *print-common-info
     - bash ci/build_codec_sanitizers_linux.sh
 
+build-codec-windows-cmake:
+  extends:
+    - .build-job-windows-with-check-for-warnings
+    - .rules-basis
+  script:
+    - *print-common-info-windows
+    - $winoutdata = $null
+    - cmake -G "Visual Studio 15 2017" . -Bbuild
+    - cmake --build build -j | tee -variable winoutdata
+    - $winoutdata | Out-File $BUILD_OUTPUT -Encoding Utf8
+    - ("& python ci/check_for_warnings.py '$BUILD_OUTPUT'") | Invoke-Expression
+    - ("exit $LASTEXITCODE") | Invoke-Expression
+
+build-codec-windows-msbuild:
+  extends:
+    - .build-job-windows-with-check-for-warnings
+    - .rules-basis
+  script:
+    - *print-common-info-windows
+    - $winoutdata = $null
+    - MSBuild.exe .\Workspace_msvc\Workspace_msvc.sln /property:Configuration=Debug | tee -variable winoutdata
+    - $winoutdata | Out-File $BUILD_OUTPUT -Encoding Utf8
+    - ("& python ci/check_for_warnings.py '$BUILD_OUTPUT'") | Invoke-Expression
+    - ("exit $LASTEXITCODE") | Invoke-Expression
+
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 # Test jobs for merge requests
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------