diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 47fcefd6..4c186735 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -12,15 +12,8 @@ jobs:
           shell: bash
         - os: macos-latest
           shell: bash
-
-        # TODO: make tests pass on windows.  it works, but the tests have
-        # quite a lot of unixisms wrt modes and paths.  mostly trivial
-        # stuff to fix, but a lot of it.
-        #
-        # - os: windows-latest
-        #   shell: bash
-        # - os: windows-latest
-        #   shell: powershell
+        - os: windows-latest
+          shell: powershell
 
       fail-fast: false
 
@@ -42,6 +35,9 @@ jobs:
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
 
+      - name: use latest npm
+        run: npm i -g npm@latest
+
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: npm install
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fbde61ed..2f19a1e1 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -8,7 +8,9 @@
     "url": "https://github.com/npm/node-tar.git"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "tap",
+    "test:posix": "tap",
+    "test:win32": "tap --lines=98 --branches=98 --statements=98 --functions=98",
+    "test": "node test/fixtures/test.js",
     "posttest": "npm run lint",
     "eslint": "eslint",
     "lint": "npm run eslint -- test lib",
diff --git a/test/fixtures/test.js b/test/fixtures/test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..e1a34da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+const platform = process.platform === 'win32' ? 'win32' : 'posix'
+const {spawn} = require('child_process')
+const c = spawn(process.execPath, [
+  process.env.npm_execpath,
+  'run',
+  `test:${platform}`,
+  '--',
+  ...process.argv.slice(2),
+], {
+  stdio: 'inherit',
+})
+c.on('close', (code, signal) => {
+  process.exitCode = code
+  if (signal) {
+    process.kill(process.pid, signal)
+    setTimeout(() => {}, 200)
+  }
+})
+process.on('SIGTERM', () => c.kill('SIGTERM'))
+process.on('SIGINT', () => c.kill('SIGINT'))