diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-2016.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-2016.yml
index 63a468e98a..e211641c02 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-2016.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-2016.yml
@@ -27,3 +27,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
           win32/configure.bat --without-ext=+,dbm,gdbm --enable-bundled-libffi --with-opt-dir=C:/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows
+      - name: nmake
+        run: |
+          call "C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2017\Enterprise\VC\Auxiliary\Build\vcvars64.bat"
+          set YACC=win_bison
+          nmake up
+          nmake