diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
index d38be558..465984a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-windows.yml
@@ -182,9 +182,10 @@ jobs:
           # MinGW-w64 distribution, which ships the same x86_64-w64-mingw32
           # ABI used to build the wallet libs.
           RUNTIME_PATHS=(
-            "$SRC"                                  # monero_c bundle (preferred if present)
-            "/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin"      # Git for Windows / Git Bash
-            "/mingw64/bin"                          # MSYS2 mingw64 fallback
+            "$SRC"                                                                    # monero_c bundle
+            "/c/ProgramData/chocolatey/lib/mingw/tools/install/mingw64/bin"           # choco install -y mingw
+            "/c/Program Files/Git/mingw64/bin"                                        # Git for Windows
+            "/mingw64/bin"                                                            # MSYS2 fallback
           )
           for runtime in libssp-0.dll libwinpthread-1.dll; do
             src=""
@@ -197,6 +198,10 @@ jobs:
             if [[ -z "$src" ]]; then
               echo "FATAL: $runtime not found in any of:"
               printf '  %s\n' "${RUNTIME_PATHS[@]}"
+              for d in "${RUNTIME_PATHS[@]}"; do
+                echo "--- contents of $d (if exists) ---"
+                ls "$d" 2>/dev/null | head -20 || echo "(missing)"
+              done
               exit 1
             fi
             cp -v "$src" "$MONERO_DST/x86_64-w64-mingw32_${runtime}"