diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-postgresql-windows/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-postgresql-windows/action.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fab18778
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-postgresql-windows/action.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+name: 'Setup Postgresql and Postgis on Windows'
+
+description: 'Installs PostgreSQL and PostGIS for Windows and configures it for CI tests'
+
+inputs:
+    postgresql-version:
+        description: 'Version of PostgreSQL to install'
+        required: true
+
+runs:
+    using: "composite"  
+
+    steps:
+        - name: Set up PostgreSQL variables
+          shell: pwsh
+          run: |
+            $version = "${{ inputs.postgresql-version }}"
+            $root = "C:\Program Files\PostgreSQL\$version"
+            $bin = "$root\bin"
+
+            echo "PGROOT=$root" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
+            echo "PGBIN=$bin"   | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
+            echo "$bin" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
+        - name: Decide Postgis version (Windows)
+          id: postgis-ver
+          shell: pwsh
+          run: |
+            echo "PowerShell version: ${PSVersionTable.PSVersion}"
+            $PG_VERSION = Split-Path $env:PGROOT -Leaf
+            $postgis_page = "https://download.osgeo.org/postgis/windows/pg$PG_VERSION"
+            echo "Detecting PostGIS version from $postgis_page for PostgreSQL $PG_VERSION"
+            $pgis_bundle = (Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $postgis_page -ErrorAction Stop).Links.Where({$_.href -match "^postgis.*zip$"}).href
+            if (!$pgis_bundle) {
+              Write-Error "Could not find latest PostGIS version in $postgis_page that would match  ^postgis.*zip$  pattern"
+              exit 1
+            }
+            $pgis_bundle = [IO.Path]::ChangeExtension($pgis_bundle, [NullString]::Value)
+            $pgis_bundle_url = "$postgis_page/$pgis_bundle.zip"
+            Add-Content $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT "postgis_file=$pgis_bundle"
+            Add-Content $env:GITHUB_OUTPUT "postgis_bundle_url=$pgis_bundle_url"
+
+        - uses: actions/cache@v4
+          with:
+            path: |
+              C:/postgis.zip
+            key: postgis-cache-${{ steps.postgis-ver.outputs.postgis_file }}
+
+        - name: Download postgis
+          shell: pwsh
+          run: |
+            if (!(Test-Path "C:\postgis.zip")){(new-object net.webclient).DownloadFile($env:PGIS_BUNDLE_URL, "c:\postgis.zip")}
+            if (Test-path "c:\postgis_archive"){Remove-Item "c:\postgis_archive" -Recurse -Force}
+            7z x c:\postgis.zip -oc:\postgis_archive
+          env: 
+            PGIS_BUNDLE_URL: ${{ steps.postgis-ver.outputs.postgis_bundle_url }}
+
+        - name: Install postgis
+          shell: bash
+          run: |
+            echo "Root: $PGROOT, Bin: $PGBIN"
+            cp -r c:/postgis_archive/postgis-bundle-*/* "$PGROOT" 
+
+        - name: Start PostgreSQL on Windows
+          run: |
+            $pgService = Get-Service -Name postgresql*
+            Set-Service -InputObject $pgService -Status running -StartupType automatic
+            Start-Process -FilePath "$env:PGBIN\pg_isready" -Wait -PassThru
+          shell: pwsh
+
+        - name: Adapt postgresql configuration
+          shell: pwsh
+          env:
+            PGPASSWORD: root
+          run: |
+            & "$env:PGBIN\psql" -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET fsync = 'off';"
+            & "$env:PGBIN\psql" -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET synchronous_commit = 'off';"
+            & "$env:PGBIN\psql" -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET full_page_writes = 'off';"
+            & "$env:PGBIN\psql" -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET shared_buffers = '1GB';"
+            & "$env:PGBIN\psql" -U postgres -d postgres -c "ALTER SYSTEM SET port = 5432;"
+
+            Restart-Service -Name postgresql*
+            Start-Process -FilePath "$env:PGBIN\pg_isready" -Wait -PassThru
+
+        - name: Setup database users
+          shell: pwsh
+          env:
+            PGPASSWORD: root
+          run: |
+            & "$env:PGBIN\createuser" -U postgres -S www-data
+            & "$env:PGBIN\createuser" -U postgres -s runner
+        
+
+
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup-postgresql/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup-postgresql/action.yml
index 7a9590c1..b868546b 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup-postgresql/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup-postgresql/action.yml
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 name: 'Setup Postgresql and Postgis'
 
+description: 'Installs PostgreSQL and PostGIS and configures it for CI tests'
+
 inputs:
     postgresql-version:
         description: 'Version of PostgreSQL to install'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
index ff89bfbf..487753a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-tests.yml
@@ -140,6 +140,65 @@ jobs:
                   ../venv/bin/python -m pytest test/bdd --nominatim-purge
               working-directory: Nominatim
 
+    tests-windows:
+        needs: create-archive
+        runs-on: windows-latest
+
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/download-artifact@v4
+              with:
+                  name: full-source
+
+            - name: Unpack Nominatim
+              run: tar xf nominatim-src.tar.bz2
+
+            - uses: ./Nominatim/.github/actions/setup-postgresql-windows
+              with:
+                  postgresql-version: 17
+
+            - name: Set up Python
+              uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+              with:
+                  python-version: '3.14'
+
+            - name: Install Spatialite
+              run: |
+                  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://www.gaia-gis.it/gaia-sins/windows-bin-amd64/mod_spatialite-5.1.0-win-amd64.7z" -OutFile "spatialite.7z"
+                  7z x spatialite.7z -o"C:\spatialite"
+                  echo "C:\spatialite\mod_spatialite-5.1.0-win-amd64" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
+            - name: Install osm2pgsql
+              run: |
+                  Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://osm2pgsql.org/download/windows/osm2pgsql-latest-x64.zip" -OutFile "osm2pgsql.zip"
+                  Expand-Archive -Path "osm2pgsql.zip" -DestinationPath "C:\osm2pgsql"
+                  $BinDir = Get-ChildItem -Path "C:\osm2pgsql" -Recurse -Filter "osm2pgsql.exe" | Select-Object -ExpandProperty DirectoryName | Select-Object -First 1
+                  if (-not $BinDir) {
+                      Write-Error "Could not find osm2pgsql.exe"
+                      exit 1
+                  }
+                  echo "$BinDir" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+                  $FullExePath = Join-Path $BinDir "osm2pgsql.exe"
+                  echo "NOMINATIM_OSM2PGSQL_BINARY=$FullExePath" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_ENV -Encoding utf8 -Append
+
+            - name: Set UTF-8 encoding
+              run: |
+                  echo "PYTHONUTF8=1" >> $env:GITHUB_ENV
+                  [System.Console]::OutputEncoding = [System.Text.Encoding]::UTF8
+
+            - name: Install PyICU from wheel
+              run: |
+                  python -m pip install https://github.com/cgohlke/pyicu-build/releases/download/v2.16.0/pyicu-2.16-cp314-cp314-win_amd64.whl
+                  
+            - name: Install test prerequisites
+              run: |
+                  python -m pip install -U pip
+                  python -m pip install pytest pytest-asyncio "psycopg[binary]!=3.3.0" python-dotenv pyyaml jinja2 psutil sqlalchemy pytest-bdd falcon starlette uvicorn asgi_lifespan aiosqlite osmium mwparserfromhell
+
+            - name: Python unit tests
+              run: |
+                  python -m pytest test/python -k "not (import_osm or run_osm2pgsql)"
+              working-directory: Nominatim
+
     install:
         runs-on: ubuntu-latest
         needs: create-archive
diff --git a/test/python/config/test_config.py b/test/python/config/test_config.py
index 555bc4e7..4908fd9a 100644
--- a/test/python/config/test_config.py
+++ b/test/python/config/test_config.py
@@ -200,14 +200,15 @@ def test_get_path_empty(make_config):
     assert not config.get_path('TOKENIZER_CONFIG')
 
 
-def test_get_path_absolute(make_config, monkeypatch):
+def test_get_path_absolute(make_config, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
     config = make_config()
 
-    monkeypatch.setenv('NOMINATIM_FOOBAR', '/dont/care')
+    p = (tmp_path / "does_not_exist").resolve()
+    monkeypatch.setenv('NOMINATIM_FOOBAR', str(p))
     result = config.get_path('FOOBAR')
 
     assert isinstance(result, Path)
-    assert str(result) == '/dont/care'
+    assert str(result) == str(p)
 
 
 def test_get_path_relative(make_config, monkeypatch, tmp_path):
diff --git a/test/python/conftest.py b/test/python/conftest.py
index 38bf70a6..cfd3a7c3 100644
--- a/test/python/conftest.py
+++ b/test/python/conftest.py
@@ -6,8 +6,12 @@
 # For a full list of authors see the git log.
 import itertools
 import sys
+import asyncio
 from pathlib import Path
 
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    asyncio.set_event_loop_policy(asyncio.WindowsSelectorEventLoopPolicy())
+
 import psycopg
 from psycopg import sql as pysql
 import pytest