diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yaml b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
index c047cf6f9..c963074dd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yaml
@@ -203,6 +203,7 @@ jobs:
       - check-gitbutler-core
       - check-gitbutler-changeset
       - check-gitbutler-git
+      - check-rust-windows
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     steps:
       - name: Decide whether the needed jobs succeeded or failed
@@ -211,3 +212,12 @@ jobs:
           allowed-skips: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
           jobs: ${{ toJSON(needs) }}
 
+  check-rust-windows:
+    needs: changes
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    if: ${{ needs.changes.outputs.rust == 'true' }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+      - name: "cargo check"
+        run: cargo check --all --bins --examples
diff --git a/crates/gitbutler-git/Cargo.toml b/crates/gitbutler-git/Cargo.toml
index 49b446cee..095c2bfc8 100644
--- a/crates/gitbutler-git/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/gitbutler-git/Cargo.toml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 [dependencies]
 thiserror.workspace = true
 serde = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["process", "time", "io-util", "net", "fs" ] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["process", "time", "io-util", "net", "fs"] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
 futures = "0.3.30"
 sysinfo = "0.30.5"
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ nix = { version = "0.28.0", features = ["process", "socket", "user"] }
 
 [target."cfg(windows)".dependencies]
 winapi = { version = "0.3.9", features = ["winbase", "namedpipeapi"] }
+tokio = { workspace = true, optional = true, features = ["sync"] }
 # synchronous named pipes for the askpass utility
 windows-named-pipe = "0.1.0"