diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_resources/build.zig b/test/standalone/windows_resources/build.zig
index d3afadb60d..3b140c90f7 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_resources/build.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_resources/build.zig
@@ -46,7 +46,10 @@ fn add(
         .gnu => .gnu,
     };
 
-    _ = exe.getEmittedBin();
+    const exe_run_step = b.addRunArtifact(exe);
+    exe_run_step.skip_foreign_checks = true;
+    exe_run_step.expectStdErrEqual("");
+    exe_run_step.expectStdOutEqual("");
 
-    test_step.dependOn(&exe.step);
+    test_step.dependOn(&exe_run_step.step);
 }
diff --git a/test/standalone/windows_resources/main.zig b/test/standalone/windows_resources/main.zig
index f92e18124b..9af7941036 100644
--- a/test/standalone/windows_resources/main.zig
+++ b/test/standalone/windows_resources/main.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const builtin = @import("builtin");
+const w = std.os.windows;
 
 pub fn main() !void {
-    std.debug.print("All your {s} are belong to us.\n", .{"codebase"});
+    if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) {
+        const name = std.unicode.wtf8ToWtf16LeStringLiteral("FOO");
+        const RT_RCDATA = MAKEINTRESOURCEW(10);
+        const handle = FindResourceW(null, name, RT_RCDATA) orelse {
+            std.debug.print("unable to find resource: {t}\n", .{w.GetLastError()});
+            return error.FailedToLoadResource;
+        };
+        const res = LoadResource(null, handle) orelse {
+            std.debug.print("unable to load resource: {t}\n", .{w.GetLastError()});
+            return error.FailedToLoadResource;
+        };
+        const data_ptr = LockResource(res) orelse {
+            std.debug.print("unable to lock resource: {t}\n", .{w.GetLastError()});
+            return error.FailedToLoadResource;
+        };
+        const size = SizeofResource(null, handle);
+        const data = @as([*]const u8, @ptrCast(data_ptr))[0..size];
+        try std.testing.expectEqualSlices(u8, "foo", data);
+    }
 }
+
+const HRSRC = *opaque {};
+const HGLOBAL = *opaque {};
+fn MAKEINTRESOURCEW(id: u16) [*:0]align(1) const w.WCHAR {
+    return @ptrFromInt(id);
+}
+
+extern "kernel32" fn FindResourceW(
+    hModule: ?w.HMODULE,
+    lpName: [*:0]align(1) const w.WCHAR,
+    lpType: [*:0]align(1) const w.WCHAR,
+) callconv(.winapi) ?HRSRC;
+
+extern "kernel32" fn LoadResource(
+    hModule: ?w.HMODULE,
+    hResInfo: HRSRC,
+) callconv(.winapi) ?HGLOBAL;
+
+extern "kernel32" fn LockResource(
+    hResData: HGLOBAL,
+) callconv(.winapi) ?w.LPVOID;
+
+extern "kernel32" fn SizeofResource(
+    hModule: ?w.HMODULE,
+    hResInfo: HRSRC,
+) callconv(.winapi) w.DWORD;