diff --git a/.github/workflows/winvcpkg.yml b/.github/workflows/winvcpkg.yml
index b29cc8fe4..a616ecc6e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/winvcpkg.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/winvcpkg.yml
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ jobs:
         vcpkgJsonGlob: '**/vcpkg.json'
 
     - name: Configure CMake
-      run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake || cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DOPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS=NO
+      run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake || cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DOPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS=ON
 
     - name: Build
       run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3766fea6f..b4950b9b9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -190,6 +190,11 @@ set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS
 	thread
 	CACHE STRING "Components" FORCE)
 if(OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
+#	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_LIBS        ON)
+#	set(Boost_USE_DEBUG_LIBS        OFF)
+#	set(Boost_USE_RELEASE_LIBS       ON)
+#	set(Boost_USE_MULTITHREADED      ON)
+#	set(Boost_USE_STATIC_RUNTIME     ON)
 	set(_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS ${_BOOST_USED_COMPONENTS}
 		compute
 		multiprecision
diff --git a/cmake/bins.cmake b/cmake/bins.cmake
index 70ac7ecd1..180c18ff2 100644
--- a/cmake/bins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/bins.cmake
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ function(test)
 	message("test_libs ${test_libs}")
 	set(libs ${test_libs} ${TEST_DEPS})#pthread
 	if(Boost_FOUND)
-		if(NOT MSVC OR OPENMIND_USE_CONAN)
+		if(NOT MSVC OR OPENMIND_USE_CONAN OR OPENMIND_USE_VCPKG)
 			set(libs ${libs} ${BOOST_TEST_LINK_LIBS})
 		endif()
 	endif()