diff --git a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
index ebe68081e..48ed3c788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/wheels.yml
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ jobs:
 
       CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_MACOS: "ZMQ_PREFIX=/usr/local"
       CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_LINUX: "ZMQ_PREFIX=/usr/local"
-      CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_WINDOWS: "PYZMQ_BUNDLE_CRT=1"
+      CIBW_ENVIRONMENT_WINDOWS: "PYZMQ_BUNDLE_CRT=1 DISTUTILS_USE_SDK=1 MSSdk=1"
 
       CIBW_TEST_REQUIRES: "pytest"
       CIBW_TEST_COMMAND: "pytest -vsx --pyargs zmq.tests.test_wheel"
@@ -92,11 +92,13 @@ jobs:
 
           - os: windows-2016
             name: win32
+            arch: x86
             cibw:
               build: "*win32"
 
           - os: windows-2016
             name: win_amd64
+            arch: amd64
             cibw:
               build: "*win_amd64"
 
@@ -127,6 +129,13 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           pip freeze
 
+      - name: setup VC++ dev env
+        if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'win')
+        uses: ilammy/msvc-dev-cmd@v1
+        with:
+          sdk: 7.1
+          arch: ${{ matrix.arch }}
+
       - name: show vcvars
         if: startsWith(matrix.os, 'win')
         run: |
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index df13f185c..22f582dca 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -685,7 +685,7 @@ def bundle_libzmq_extension(self):
                     vcruntime = vcvars["py_vcruntime_redist"]
                 except KeyError:
                     warn(f"platform={get_platform()}, vcvars=")
-                    pprint.pprint(vcvars, stream=sys.stderr)
+                    pprint(vcvars, stream=sys.stderr)
 
                     # fatal error if env set, warn otherwise
                     msg = fatal if os.environ.get("PYZMQ_BUNDLE_CRT") else warn