diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 57413b7..762f5b8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npm run install-zstd
         shell: bash
 
-      - name: install dependencies and compmile
+      - name: install dependencies and compile
         run: npm install --loglevel verbose
         shell: bash
 
diff --git a/binding.gyp b/binding.gyp
index 3da1b99..75c6fec 100644
--- a/binding.gyp
+++ b/binding.gyp
@@ -23,9 +23,12 @@
           {
             'link_settings': {
               'libraries': [
-                '<(module_root_dir)/deps/zstd/build/cmake/lib/Debug/zstd_static.lib'
+                '<(module_root_dir)/deps/zstd/static/zstd_static.lib'
               ]
             },
+            'include_dirs': [
+              '<(module_root_dir)/deps/zstd/include'
+            ],
           },
           { # macos and linux
           'link_settings': {
diff --git a/etc/install-zstd.sh b/etc/install-zstd.sh
index d9ba539..852165a 100644
--- a/etc/install-zstd.sh
+++ b/etc/install-zstd.sh
@@ -1,16 +1,39 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 set -o xtrace
+set -o errexit
 
 clean_deps() {
 	rm -rf deps
 }
 
+download_windows() {
+	# windows does not support symlinks, so we must download the `win64` build specifically
+	curl -L -o zstd.zip "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD_VERSION/zstd-v$ZSTD_VERSION-win64.zip"
+	# unlike tar, unzip does not have a "strip components" option.  so we unzip the file, copy all the contents to the correct location,
+	# and then delete both the .zip and the unziped content.
+	unzip zstd.zip 
+	cp -r zstd-v$ZSTD_VERSION-win64/* deps/zstd
+	rm zstd.zip
+	rm -rf zstd-v$ZSTD_VERSION-win64
+}
+
 download_zstd() {
 	mkdir -p deps/zstd
 	ZSTD_VERSION=$(node -p "require('./package.json')['mongodb:zstd_version']")
+	is_windows=$(node -p "process.platform === 'win32'")
 
-	curl -L "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD_VERSION/zstd-$ZSTD_VERSION.tar.gz" \
-	 	| tar  -zxf - -C deps/zstd --strip-components 1
+	if [ "$is_windows" == "true" ]; then
+		download_windows
+		exit 0 # no need to build windows
+	else
+		# tar flags
+		#     -C specifies the output location
+		#     --strip-components removes one level of directory nesting
+		# curl flags
+		#     -L follows redirects
+		curl -L "https://github.com/facebook/zstd/releases/download/v$ZSTD_VERSION/zstd-$ZSTD_VERSION.tar.gz" \
+	 	| 	tar -zxf - -C deps/zstd --strip-components 1
+	fi
 }
 
 build_zstd() {