diff --git a/.github/workflows/check_graalvm.yml b/.github/workflows/check_graalvm.yml
index ab6d63f185..8a13f49dff 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check_graalvm.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check_graalvm.yml
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11]
+        os: [ubuntu-20.04, macos-11, windows-2022]
         transport: [native, nio]
+        exclude:
+          # excludes native on Windows (there's none)
+          - os: windows-2022
+            transport: native
 
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
@@ -24,8 +28,10 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           if [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "Linux" ]; then
             download_url="https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/jdk-17.0.9/graalvm-community-jdk-17.0.9_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"
-          else
+          elif [ "$RUNNER_OS" == "macOS" ]; then
             download_url="https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/jdk-17.0.9/graalvm-community-jdk-17.0.9_macos-x64_bin.tar.gz"
+          else
+            download_url="https://github.com/graalvm/graalvm-ce-builds/releases/download/jdk-17.0.9/graalvm-community-jdk-17.0.9_windows-x64_bin.zip"
           fi
           curl -L $download_url --output $RUNNER_TEMP/java_package.tar.gz
         shell: bash
diff --git a/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/build.gradle b/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/build.gradle
index ec960bf470..e7c9bc76cb 100644
--- a/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/build.gradle
+++ b/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/build.gradle
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ graalvmNative {
 			if (project.hasProperty("forceTransport")) {
 				runtimeArgs.add("-DforceTransport=$forceTransport")
 			}
+			buildArgs.add('--initialize-at-run-time=sun.net.dns.ResolverConfigurationImpl')
 		}
 	}
 	metadataRepository {
diff --git a/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/jni-config.json b/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/jni-config.json
index dcc03d69ea..8318c0ff9b 100644
--- a/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/jni-config.json
+++ b/reactor-netty-graalvm-smoke-tests/src/test/resources/META-INF/native-image/jni-config.json
@@ -122,5 +122,12 @@
 				]
 			}
 		]
+	},
+	{
+		"name":"sun.net.dns.ResolverConfigurationImpl",
+		"fields":[
+			{"name":"os_searchlist"},
+			{"name":"os_nameservers"}
+		]
 	}
 ]