diff --git a/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml b/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
index 6c3e493..d7dcd5c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cmake-multi-platform.yml
@@ -63,10 +63,26 @@ jobs:
         vcpkgJsonGlob: '**/vcpkg.json'
 
     - name: Configure CMake
-      run: cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DOPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS=NO || cmake -B ${{github.workspace}}/build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DOPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS=NO
+      # Configure CMake in a 'build' subdirectory. `CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE` is only required if you are using a single-configuration generator such as make.
+      # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/variable/CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE.html?highlight=cmake_build_type
+      run: >
+        cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
+        -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.cpp_compiler }}
+        -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${{ matrix.c_compiler }}
+        -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{ matrix.build_type }}
+        -S ${{ github.workspace }} -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=${{github.workspace}}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake -DOPENMIND_BUILD_TESTS=NO
+
+    - name: Build prerequisites
+      run: >
+        cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }} --target prerequisites
+
+    - name: Re-Configure CMake to detect built prerequisites
+      run: >
+        cmake -B ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
 
     - name: Build
-      run: cmake --build ${{github.workspace}}/build 
+      # Build your program with the given configuration. Note that --config is needed because the default Windows generator is a multi-config generator (Visual Studio generator).
+      run: cmake --build ${{ steps.strings.outputs.build-output-dir }}
 
     - name: Get number of CPU cores
       uses: SimenB/github-actions-cpu-cores@v2