diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index e69de29bb..938d8d86f 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+[submodule "automation/msvc-wine"]
+	path = automation/msvc-wine
+	url = https://github.com/mstorsjo/msvc-wine
diff --git a/automation/Dockerfile b/automation/Dockerfile
index 0404bde92..c18657da5 100644
--- a/automation/Dockerfile
+++ b/automation/Dockerfile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ RUN apt-get --yes upgrade
 
 #tzdata is a dependency, won't install otherwise
 ARG DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
-RUN apt-get --yes install gcc g++ cmake make lcov git valgrind nano iputils-ping python3 pip doxygen graphviz rsync wget qemu-system-arm
+RUN apt-get --yes install ca-certificates clang cmake doxygen g++ gcc git graphviz iputils-ping lcov make msitools nano ninja-build pip python3 python3-simplejson python3-six qemu-system-arm rsync valgrind wget winbind wine64-development
 
 RUN python3 -m pip install sphinx breathe
 
@@ -21,13 +21,28 @@ RUN git clone https://github.com/ETLCPP/etl.git && \
         cmake -B build . && \
         cmake --install build/
 
+        
+# install our own rtems build
 RUN wget -qO- https://buggy.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/rtems_releases/rtems6-12.2.1.tar.bz2 | tar -xj -C /opt/
-
 ENV PATH="$PATH:/opt/rtems/6/bin"
 
+
+# install msvc using https://github.com/mstorsjo/msvc-wine
+# see msvc-wine/LICENSE.txt
+COPY msvc-wine/lowercase msvc-wine/fixinclude msvc-wine/install.sh msvc-wine/vsdownload.py ./
+COPY msvc-wine/wrappers/* ./wrappers/
+RUN PYTHONUNBUFFERED=1 ./vsdownload.py --accept-license --dest /opt/msvc && \
+    ./install.sh /opt/msvc && \
+    rm lowercase fixinclude install.sh vsdownload.py && \
+    rm -rf wrappers
+COPY msvc-wine/msvcenv-native.sh /opt/msvc
+RUN wine64 wineboot --init && \
+    while pgrep wineserver > /dev/null; do sleep 1; done
+
+    
 #ssh needs a valid user to work
 RUN adduser -q --uid 114 jenkins
 
 #add documentation server to known hosts
 RUN echo "|1|/LzCV4BuTmTb2wKnD146l9fTKgQ=|NJJtVjvWbtRt8OYqFgcYRnMQyVw= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBNL8ssTonYtgiR/6RRlSIK9WU1ywOcJmxFTLcEblAwH7oifZzmYq3XRfwXrgfMpylEfMFYfCU8JRqtmi19xc21A=" >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
-RUN echo "|1|CcBvBc3EG03G+XM5rqRHs6gK/Gg=|oGeJQ+1I8NGI2THIkJsW92DpTzs= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBNL8ssTonYtgiR/6RRlSIK9WU1ywOcJmxFTLcEblAwH7oifZzmYq3XRfwXrgfMpylEfMFYfCU8JRqtmi19xc21A=" >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
\ No newline at end of file
+RUN echo "|1|CcBvBc3EG03G+XM5rqRHs6gK/Gg=|oGeJQ+1I8NGI2THIkJsW92DpTzs= ecdsa-sha2-nistp256 AAAAE2VjZHNhLXNoYTItbmlzdHAyNTYAAAAIbmlzdHAyNTYAAABBBNL8ssTonYtgiR/6RRlSIK9WU1ywOcJmxFTLcEblAwH7oifZzmYq3XRfwXrgfMpylEfMFYfCU8JRqtmi19xc21A=" >> /etc/ssh/ssh_known_hosts
diff --git a/automation/msvc-wine b/automation/msvc-wine
new file mode 160000
index 000000000..2d2d7db0b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/automation/msvc-wine
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 2d2d7db0b55b0f061eca5f4f1c149608d5501ec6