diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index ebad678..f410f39 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -252,6 +252,20 @@ jobs:
         name: logs_5_1
         path: .\logs
 
+  # This step is only used to add a required check for the PR
+  Validation_Check:
+    name: Validation Check
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    needs:
+      - build_tool
+      - validation_5_1
+      - validation_5_2_win
+      - validation_5_2_nix
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
   sign:
     name: Sign
     if: ${{ github.event_name == 'push' && (github.ref == 'refs/heads/main' || startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/heads/release/')) }}
diff --git a/src/Resizetizer/src/SkiaSharpTools.Initializer.cs b/src/Resizetizer/src/SkiaSharpTools.Initializer.cs
index 1214a01..61fc5a0 100644
--- a/src/Resizetizer/src/SkiaSharpTools.Initializer.cs
+++ b/src/Resizetizer/src/SkiaSharpTools.Initializer.cs
@@ -36,6 +36,31 @@ public static void Initialize()
             {
                 SetupResolver();
             }
+            else
+            {
+                SetupWindows();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// <remarks>
+    /// Load libraries explicitly on Windows, as search paths may not be available when
+    /// running inside VS msbuild nodes.
+    /// </remarks>
+    private static void SetupWindows()
+    {
+        if (RuntimeInformation.IsOSPlatform(OSPlatform.Windows))
+        {
+            foreach (var runtimePath in GetRuntimesFolder())
+            {
+                if (Directory.Exists(runtimePath))
+                {
+                    foreach (var file in Directory.GetFiles(runtimePath, "*.dll"))
+                    {
+                        var r = LoadLibrary(file);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -184,6 +209,10 @@ IntPtr localDlOpen(string fileName)
     [DllImport("libSystem.dylib", EntryPoint = "dlopen")]
     public static extern IntPtr dlopen_macos(string fileName, int flags);
 
+    // Declare dllimport for loadlibrary
+    [DllImport("kernel32.dll", SetLastError = true)]
+    public static extern IntPtr LoadLibrary(string lpFileName);
+
     // Imported from https://github.com/mono/SkiaSharp/blob/482e6ee2913a08a7cad76520ccf5fbce97c7c23b/binding/Binding.Shared/LibraryLoader.cs
     private static class Linux
     {