diff --git a/.github/workflows/object_creator.yml b/.github/workflows/object_creator.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..251ade9c23998
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/object_creator.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+name: ObjectCreator Windows build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - 0.F-dev
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'android/**'
+    - 'build-data/osx/**'
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'doxygen_doc/**'
+    - 'lgtm/**'
+    - 'tools/**'
+    - 'utilities/**'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+    - master
+    - 0.F-dev
+    paths-ignore:
+    - 'android/**'
+    - 'build-data/osx/**'
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'doxygen_doc/**'
+    - 'lgtm/**'
+    - 'tools/**'
+    - 'utilities/**'
+
+jobs:
+  build_object_creator:
+    name: Build
+    runs-on: windows-2019
+
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 1
+
+    - name: Add msbuild to PATH
+      uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.0.2
+
+    # We have to use at least this version of vcpkg to include fixes for yasm-tool's
+    # availability only as an x86 host tool. Keep it in sync with the builtin-baseline
+    # field in vcpkg.json
+    - name: Restore artifacts, or run vcpkg, build and cache artifacts
+      uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@main
+      id: runvcpkg
+      with:
+        additionalCachedPaths: '${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-object_creator/vcpkg_installed'
+        vcpkgArguments: '--x-manifest-root=${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-object_creator/ --x-install-root=${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-full-features/vcpkg_installed/'
+        vcpkgTriplet: 'x64-windows-static'
+        vcpkgDirectory: '${{ runner.workspace }}/b/vcpkg'
+        vcpkgGitCommitId: '49b67d9cb856424ff69f10e7721aec5299624268'
+
+    # There's not enough disk space to build both release and debug versions of
+    # our dependencies, so we hack the triplet file to build only release
+    # versions
+    - name: Disable debug builds for vcpkg
+      run: |
+        Get-ChildItem "${{ runner.workspace }}/b/vcpkg/triplets" -File |
+        Foreach-Object {
+          Add-Content $_.FullName "set(VCPKG_BUILD_TYPE release)`n"
+        }
+
+    - name: Integrate vcpkg
+      run: |
+        vcpkg integrate install
+
+    - name: Dump vcpkg logs if vcpkg build failed
+      if: failure()
+      run: |
+        Get-ChildItem "${{ runner.workspace }}/b/vcpkg/buildtrees" |
+        Foreach-Object {
+            Get-ChildItem $_.FullName -Filter *.log |
+            Foreach-Object {
+              echo =================================================
+              echo $_.FullName
+              echo =================================================
+              type $_.FullName
+            }
+        }
+
+    - name: Check for yasm
+      run: |
+        echo =================================================
+        Get-ChildItem "${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-full-features/vcpkg_installed"
+        echo =================================================
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: |
+          cd msvc-object_creator
+          msbuild -m -p:Configuration=Release -p:Platform=x64 ObjectCreator-vcpkg-static.sln
+
+    - name: Dump vcpkg logs if vcpkg build failed
+      if: failure()
+      run: |
+        echo =================================================
+        Get-ChildItem "${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-full-features/vcpkg_installed" -Recurse
+        echo =================================================
+        echo "${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-full-features/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static/share/yasm-tool-helper/yasm-tool-helper.cmake"
+        echo =================================================
+        type "${{ runner.workspace }}/Cataclysm-DDA/msvc-full-features/vcpkg_installed/x64-windows-static/share/yasm-tool-helper/yasm-tool-helper.cmake"
+        Get-ChildItem "${{ runner.workspace }}/b/vcpkg/buildtrees" |
+        Foreach-Object {
+            Get-ChildItem $_.FullName -Filter *.log |
+            Foreach-Object {
+              echo =================================================
+              echo $_.FullName
+              echo =================================================
+              type $_.FullName
+            }
+        }
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index e37e834a2f336..36ba9f2fd8884 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-test-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-test-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index a4f9feef51f62..59c79d81a2841 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-test-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-test-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index bd0dd4a506962..f98e74873964e 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-full-features/Cataclysm-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index 5201f5fee95d3..be41ffcb476a1 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-lib-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index 284def1dbe416..701cb1c8650c1 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-full-features/JsonFormatter-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,8 +33,8 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
diff --git a/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json b/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
index 7f3b25de574bc..5f77f8a645bc5 100644
--- a/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
+++ b/msvc-full-features/vcpkg.json
@@ -10,5 +10,6 @@
         },
         "sdl2-ttf",
         "gettext"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "builtin-baseline": "49b67d9cb856424ff69f10e7721aec5299624268"
 }
diff --git a/msvc-object_creator/ObjectCreator-vcpkg-static.vcxproj b/msvc-object_creator/ObjectCreator-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
index 12fcb1637ecdf..309a5d1c5481a 100644
--- a/msvc-object_creator/ObjectCreator-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
+++ b/msvc-object_creator/ObjectCreator-vcpkg-static.vcxproj
@@ -33,9 +33,11 @@
     <VcpkgManifestInstall>true</VcpkgManifestInstall>
     <VcpkgUseStatic>true</VcpkgUseStatic>
     <VcpkgAutoLink>true</VcpkgAutoLink>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
-    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">x86-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
+    <VcpkgUserTriplet Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">x64-windows-static</VcpkgUserTriplet>
     <VcpkgConfiguration>$(Configuration)</VcpkgConfiguration>
+    <!-- force using global vcpkg install instead of subdir install -->
+    <VcpkgManifestInstall>false</VcpkgManifestInstall>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
   <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
diff --git a/msvc-object_creator/vcpkg.json b/msvc-object_creator/vcpkg.json
index 03a1e75919863..f095e00d2c740 100644
--- a/msvc-object_creator/vcpkg.json
+++ b/msvc-object_creator/vcpkg.json
@@ -2,14 +2,7 @@
     "name": "object-creator-vcpkg-dependencies",
     "version-string": "0.F",
     "dependencies": [
-        "sdl2",
-        "sdl2-image",
-        {
-          "name": "sdl2-mixer",
-          "features": [ "libflac", "mpg123", "libmodplug", "libvorbis" ]
-        },
-        "sdl2-ttf",
-        "gettext",
         "qt5-base"
-    ]
+    ],
+    "builtin-baseline": "49b67d9cb856424ff69f10e7721aec5299624268"
 }