diff --git a/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1 b/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..5bae54d97b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/windows/install-msvc.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Eden Emulator Project
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-3.0-or-later
+
+$ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
+
+# Check if running as administrator
+if (-not ([bool](net session 2>$null))) {
+    Write-Host "This script must be run with administrator privileges!"
+    Exit 1
+}
+
+$VSVer = "17"
+$ExeFile = "vs_BuildTools.exe"
+$Uri = "https://aka.ms/vs/$VSVer/release/$ExeFile"
+$Destination = "./$ExeFile"
+
+Write-Host "Downloading Visual Studio Build Tools from $Uri"
+$WebClient = New-Object System.Net.WebClient
+$WebClient.DownloadFile($Uri, $Destination)
+Write-Host "Finished downloading $ExeFile"
+
+$VSROOT = "C:/VSBuildTools/$VSVer"
+$Arguments = @(
+    "--installPath `"$VSROOT`"",                               # set custom installation path
+    "--quiet",                                                  # suppress UI
+    "--wait",                                                   # wait for installation to complete
+    "--norestart",                                              # prevent automatic restart
+    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Workload.VCTools",            # add C++ build tools workload
+    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64",  # add core x86/x64 C++ tools
+    "--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.19041" # add specific Windows SDK
+)
+
+Write-Host "Installing Visual Studio Build Tools"
+$InstallProcess = Start-Process -FilePath $Destination -NoNewWindow -PassThru -Wait -ArgumentList $Arguments
+$ExitCode = $InstallProcess.ExitCode
+
+if ($ExitCode -ne 0) {
+    Write-Host "Error installing Visual Studio Build Tools (Error: $ExitCode)"
+    Exit $ExitCode
+}
+
+Write-Host "Finished installing Visual Studio Build Tools"
+
+# Add paths to GitHub Actions environment if running in CI
+if ("$env:GITHUB_ACTIONS" -eq "true") {
+    $VSPath = Join-Path $VSROOT "VC\Tools\MSVC"
+    Write-Host "Adding Visual Studio paths to GitHub Actions environment"
+    echo "$VSPath\bin\Hostx64\x64" | Out-File -FilePath $env:GITHUB_PATH -Encoding utf8 -Append
+}
diff --git a/.ci/windows/install-vulkan-sdk.ps1 b/.ci/windows/install-vulkan-sdk.ps1
index 1d4e1b20bf..4c5274d1b7 100755
--- a/.ci/windows/install-vulkan-sdk.ps1
+++ b/.ci/windows/install-vulkan-sdk.ps1
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 
 $ErrorActionPreference = "Stop"
 
+# Check if running as administrator
+if (-not ([bool](net session 2>$null))) {
+    Write-Host "This script must be run with administrator privileges!"
+    Exit 1
+}
+
 $VulkanSDKVer = "1.4.321.1"
 $ExeFile = "vulkansdk-windows-X64-$VulkanSDKVer.exe"
 $Uri = "https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/$VulkanSDKVer/windows/$ExeFile"