diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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index 0000000..e829834
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: ci
+on:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  plugins:
+    name: plugins / ${{matrix.arch}}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - arch: 64
+            apt: mingw-w64-x86-64
+            cc: x86-64-w64-mingw32
+          - arch: 32
+            apt: mingw-w64-i686
+            cc: i686-w64-mingw32
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
+        with:
+          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
+      - run: sudo apt install -y gcc-${{matrix.apt}} g++-${{matrix.apt}}
+      - run: go run . ${{matrix.arch}} CC=${{matrix.cc}}-gcc CXX=${{matrix.cc}}-g++ -a -ldflags '-s -w -extldflags=-static' -trimpath -v ./plugins/...
+        # note: -a is needed to prevent caching issues when switching the C compiler (https://pkg.go.dev/cmd/go#hdr-Build_and_test_caching)
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: plugins${{matrix.arch}}
+          path: '*.dll'
diff --git a/.github/workflows/plugins.yml b/.github/workflows/plugins.yml
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index e2c4dca..0000000
--- a/.github/workflows/plugins.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-name: plugins
-on:
-  push:
-  pull_request:
-  workflow_dispatch:
-
-jobs:
-  build:
-    runs-on: windows-latest
-    steps:
-      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
-      - uses: actions/setup-go@v5
-        with:
-          go-version-file: 'go.mod'
-      - run: go mod download
-      - env: { CGO_ENABLED: 1, GOOS: windows, GOARCH: amd64, CC: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc, MSYSTEM: MINGW64 }
-        run: go run . 64 -ldflags '-s -w -extldflags=-static' -trimpath -v -x ./plugins/...
-    # - env: { CGO_ENABLED: 1, GOOS: windows, GOARCH: 386, CC: x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc, MSYSTEM: MINGW32 }
-    #   run: go run . 32 -ldflags '-s -w -extldflags=-static' -trimpath -v -x ./plugins/...
-      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
-        with:
-          name: plugins
-          path: '*.dll'