diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 6dfada092..18720947a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -43,20 +43,37 @@ jobs:
           - platform: "ubuntu-latest"
             rust_version: "${RUST_VERSION}"
     steps:
+
       - name: Checkout sources
         uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Setup output dir
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          WORKSPACE_PATH=${{ github.workspace }}
+          if [[ "${{ matrix.platform }}" == "windows-latest" ]]; then
+             WORKSPACE_PATH=$(cygpath -ua '${{ github.workspace }}')
+          fi
+          echo "OUTPUT_FOLDER=$WORKSPACE_PATH/artifacts" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+
       - name: Cache
         uses: ./.github/actions/cache
         with:
           rust_version: ${{ matrix.rust_version }}
           build_profile: "release"
+
       - name: Install Rust ${{ matrix.rust_version }}
         if: ${{ matrix.rust_version != '' }}
         run: rustup install ${{ matrix.rust_version }} && rustup default ${{ matrix.rust_version }}
+
       - id: rust-version
         run: "echo ::set-output name=version::$(rustc --version)"
+
       - name: "Generate FFI"
-        run: bash ffi-build.sh /tmp/libddprof
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+           chmod +x ffi-build.sh
+           ./ffi-build.sh ${OUTPUT_FOLDER}
 
       - name: 'Publish libdatadog'
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
@@ -64,8 +81,13 @@ jobs:
         with:
           if-no-files-found: error
           name: libdatadog.${{ matrix.platform }}
-          path: /tmp/libddprof
+          path: ${{ github.workspace }}/artifacts
           retention-days: 1
 
       - name: "Test building C bindings"
-        run: mkdir examples/ffi/build && cd examples/ffi/build && cmake -S .. -DDDProf_ROOT=/tmp/libddprof && cmake --build .
+        shell: bash
+        run: |
+          mkdir examples/ffi/build
+          cd examples/ffi/build
+          cmake -S .. -DDDProf_ROOT=$OUTPUT_FOLDER
+          cmake --build .
diff --git a/ddprof-ffi/cbindgen.toml b/ddprof-ffi/cbindgen.toml
index 25b044b33..e418aa509 100644
--- a/ddprof-ffi/cbindgen.toml
+++ b/ddprof-ffi/cbindgen.toml
@@ -14,8 +14,24 @@ sys_includes = ["stdbool.h", "stddef.h", "stdint.h"]
 
 after_includes = """
 
+#if defined(_MSC_VER)
 #define DDPROF_FFI_CHARSLICE_C(string) \\
-  /* NOTE: Compilation fails if you pass in a char* instead of a literal */ ((ddprof_ffi_CharSlice) {.ptr = "" string, .len = sizeof(string) - 1})"""
+/* NOTE: Compilation fails if you pass in a char* instead of a literal */ {.ptr = "" string, .len = sizeof(string) - 1}
+#else
+#define DDPROF_FFI_CHARSLICE_C(string) \\
+/* NOTE: Compilation fails if you pass in a char* instead of a literal */ ((ddprof_ffi_CharSlice){ .ptr = "" string, .len = sizeof(string) - 1 })
+#endif
+
+#if defined(__cplusplus) && (__cplusplus >= 201703L)
+#  define DD_CHECK_RETURN [[nodiscard]]
+#elif defined(_Check_return_) /* SAL */
+#  define DD_CHECK_RETURN _Check_return_
+#elif (defined(__has_attribute) && __has_attribute(warn_unused_result)) || \\
+      (defined(__GNUC__) && (__GNUC__ >= 4))
+#  define DD_CHECK_RETURN __attribute__((__warn_unused_result__))
+#else
+#  define DD_CHECK_RETURN
+#endif"""
 
 [export]
 prefix = "ddprof_ffi_"
@@ -28,7 +44,7 @@ prefix_with_name = true
 rename_variants = "ScreamingSnakeCase"
 
 [fn]
-must_use = "__attribute__((warn_unused_result))"
+must_use = "DD_CHECK_RETURN"
 
 [parse]
 parse_deps = true
diff --git a/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
index 3ceffc5a6..c61e99a51 100644
--- a/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/ffi/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,33 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.19)
 find_package(DDProf)
 
 add_executable(exporter exporter.cpp)
-target_compile_features(exporter PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
-target_link_libraries(exporter DDProf::FFI)
+
 add_executable(profiles profiles.c)
+
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "MSVC")
+    target_compile_features(exporter PRIVATE cxx_std_20) # needed for designated initializers
+    target_compile_definitions(exporter PUBLIC _CRT_SECURE_NO_WARNINGS)
+    target_link_libraries(exporter
+        NtDll
+        UserEnv
+        Bcrypt
+        crypt32
+        wsock32
+        ws2_32
+        shlwapi)
+
+    target_link_libraries(profiles
+        NtDll
+        UserEnv
+        Bcrypt
+        crypt32
+        wsock32
+        ws2_32
+        shlwapi)
+else()
+    target_compile_features(exporter PRIVATE cxx_std_11)
+endif()
+
+target_link_libraries(exporter DDProf::FFI)
+
 target_link_libraries(profiles DDProf::FFI)
diff --git a/examples/ffi/exporter.cpp b/examples/ffi/exporter.cpp
index a1f18a176..c432b9f08 100644
--- a/examples/ffi/exporter.cpp
+++ b/examples/ffi/exporter.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ extern "C" {
 #include <thread>
 
 static ddprof_ffi_Slice_c_char to_slice_c_char(const char *s) {
-  return (ddprof_ffi_Slice_c_char){.ptr = s, .len = strlen(s)};
+  return ddprof_ffi_Slice_c_char({.ptr = s, .len = strlen(s)});
 }
 
 struct Deleter {
diff --git a/examples/ffi/profiles.c b/examples/ffi/profiles.c
index 9c5292947..d184d637a 100644
--- a/examples/ffi/profiles.c
+++ b/examples/ffi/profiles.c
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ int main(void) {
 
   struct ddprof_ffi_Location root_location = {
       // yes, a zero-initialized mapping is valid
-      .mapping = (struct ddprof_ffi_Mapping){},
+      .mapping = (struct ddprof_ffi_Mapping){0},
       .lines = (struct ddprof_ffi_Slice_line){&root_line, 1},
   };
   int64_t value = 10;