diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 51d83e1a0c..0e8e2936e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ jobs:
   vs-build:
     needs: ci-config
     if: needs.ci-config.outputs.enabled == 'yes'
+    timeout-minutes: 15
     env:
       MSYSTEM: MINGW64
       NO_PERL: 1
@@ -189,6 +190,11 @@ jobs:
         ## Unzip and remove the artifact
         unzip artifacts.zip
         rm artifacts.zip
+    - name: initialize vcpkg
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        repository: 'microsoft/vcpkg'
+        path: 'compat/vcbuild/vcpkg'
     - name: download vcpkg artifacts
       shell: powershell
       run: |
diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index de711dac1d..73215ab79c 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ if(WIN32)
 
 	# In the vcpkg edition, we need this to be able to link to libcurl
 	set(CURL_NO_CURL_CMAKE ON)
+
+	# Copy the necessary vcpkg DLLs (like iconv) to the install dir
+	set(X_VCPKG_APPLOCAL_DEPS_INSTALL ON)
+	set(CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE ${VCPKG_DIR}/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake CACHE STRING "Vcpkg toolchain file")
 endif()
 
 find_program(SH_EXE sh PATHS "C:/Program Files/Git/bin")
@@ -810,15 +814,19 @@ list(TRANSFORM git_shell_scripts PREPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
 list(TRANSFORM git_perl_scripts PREPEND "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/")
 
 #install
-install(TARGETS git git-shell
+foreach(program ${PROGRAMS_BUILT})
+if(${program} STREQUAL git OR ${program} STREQUAL git-shell)
+install(TARGETS ${program}
 	RUNTIME DESTINATION bin)
+else()
+install(TARGETS ${program}
+	RUNTIME DESTINATION libexec/git-core)
+endif()
+endforeach()
+
 install(PROGRAMS ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/git-cvsserver
 	DESTINATION bin)
 
-list(REMOVE_ITEM PROGRAMS_BUILT git git-shell)
-install(TARGETS ${PROGRAMS_BUILT}
-	RUNTIME DESTINATION libexec/git-core)
-
 set(bin_links
 	git-receive-pack git-upload-archive git-upload-pack)