diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index 8e5b4ec6d2..0a159eb923 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -438,7 +438,9 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
         timeout-minutes: 5
         run: &perl-win32-pkgs-install |
+          echo '-------------------'
           if [ -d /c/perl-win32-pkgs ]; then
+            echo "!!! perl-win32-pkgs directory detected"
             cd /c/perl-win32-pkgs
             cd Win32-Process-0.17
             install -D blib/arch/auto/Win32/Process/Process.dll      /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/auto/Win32/Process/Process.dll
@@ -451,7 +453,13 @@ jobs:
             install -D blib/lib/Win32/Process/processes.pl           /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/Win32/Process/processes.pl
             cd ..
             cd ..
+          else
+            echo "!!! perl-win32-pkgs directory NOT detected"
           fi
+          echo '-------------------'
+          perl --version
+          perl tests/wintest.pl
+          echo '-------------------'
 
       - name: 'install test prereqs'
         if: ${{ matrix.tflags != 'skipall' && matrix.tflags != 'skiprun' }}
diff --git a/tests/wintest.pl b/tests/wintest.pl
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..68d5451745
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/wintest.pl
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env perl
+#***************************************************************************
+#                                  _   _ ____  _
+#  Project                     ___| | | |  _ \| |
+#                             / __| | | | |_) | |
+#                            | (__| |_| |  _ <| |___
+#                             \___|\___/|_| \_\_____|
+#
+# Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel@haxx.se>, et al.
+#
+# This software is licensed as described in the file COPYING, which
+# you should have received as part of this distribution. The terms
+# are also available at https://curl.se/docs/copyright.html.
+#
+# You may opt to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute and/or sell
+# copies of the Software, and permit persons to whom the Software is
+# furnished to do so, under the terms of the COPYING file.
+#
+# This software is distributed on an "AS IS" basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
+#
+###########################################################################
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Time::HiRes;
+
+my $has_win32_process;
+
+BEGIN {
+    if($^O eq 'cygwin' || $^O eq 'msys') {
+        $has_win32_process = eval {
+            no warnings "all";
+            # https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32::Process
+            require Win32::Process;
+            # https://metacpan.org/pod/Win32::Process::List
+            require Win32::Process::List;
+        };
+    } else {
+      $has_win32_process = 0;
+    }
+}
+
+if($has_win32_process) {
+  print "!!! Win32::Process* modules loaded\n";
+} else {
+  print "!!! Win32::Process* modules NOT loaded\n";
+}