diff --git a/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.cpp b/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.cpp
index 3562ce6c..16eecad6 100644
--- a/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.cpp
+++ b/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.cpp
@@ -306,11 +306,34 @@ toolchain dds::parse_toolchain_dds(const lm::pair_list& pairs, strv context) {
         return cxx_ver_iter->second;
     };
 
-    auto get_flags = [&](language lang) -> string_seq {
+    auto get_link_flags = [&]() -> string_seq {
         string_seq ret;
-        if (flags) {
-            extend(ret, *flags);
+        if (is_msvc) {
+            strv rt_lib = "/MT";
+            if (do_optimize.value_or(false)) {
+                extend(ret, {"/O2"});
+            }
+            if (do_debug.value_or(false)) {
+                extend(ret, {"/Z7", "/DEBUG"});
+                rt_lib = "/MTd";
+            }
+            ret.emplace_back(rt_lib);
+        } else if (is_gnu_like) {
+            if (do_optimize.value_or(false)) {
+                extend(ret, {"-O2"});
+            }
+            if (do_debug.value_or(false)) {
+                extend(ret, {"-g"});
+            }
         }
+        if (link_flags) {
+            extend(ret, *link_flags);
+        }
+        return ret;
+    };
+
+    auto get_flags = [&](language lang) -> string_seq {
+        string_seq ret;
         if (lang == language::cxx && cxx_flags) {
             extend(ret, *cxx_flags);
         }
@@ -329,11 +352,11 @@ toolchain dds::parse_toolchain_dds(const lm::pair_list& pairs, strv context) {
                 extend(ret, {"/O2"});
             }
             if (do_debug.has_value() && *do_debug) {
-                extend(ret, {"/Z7", "/DEBUG", "/MTd"});
+                extend(ret, {"/Z7", "/DEBUG"});
                 rt_lib = "/MTd";
             }
             ret.emplace_back(rt_lib);
-            extend(ret, {"/nologo", "<FLAGS>", "/c", "<IN>", "/permissive-", "/Fo<OUT>"});
+            extend(ret, {"/nologo", "<FLAGS>", "/permissive-", "/c", "<IN>", "/Fo<OUT>"});
             if (lang == language::cxx) {
                 extend(ret, {"/EHsc"});
             }
@@ -353,6 +376,9 @@ toolchain dds::parse_toolchain_dds(const lm::pair_list& pairs, strv context) {
                     "<IN>",
                     "-o<OUT>"});
         }
+        if (flags) {
+            extend(ret, *flags);
+        }
         return ret;
     };
 
@@ -485,9 +511,7 @@ toolchain dds::parse_toolchain_dds(const lm::pair_list& pairs, strv context) {
             assert(false && "No link-exe command");
             std::terminate();
         }
-        if (link_flags) {
-            extend(ret, *link_flags);
-        }
+        extend(ret, get_link_flags());
         return ret;
     });
 
diff --git a/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.test.cpp b/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.test.cpp
index 7b76c0fb..c4d7fe94 100644
--- a/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.test.cpp
+++ b/src/dds/toolchain/from_dds.test.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,34 @@ void run_tests() {
                      "ar rcs stuff.a foo.o bar.o",
                      "g++ -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color foo.o bar.a -pthread -lstdc++fs -omeow.exe");
 
+    check_tc_compile(
+        "Compiler-ID: GNU\nDebug: True",
+        "g++ -g -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color -pthread -c foo.cpp -ofoo.o",
+        "g++ -g -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wconversion "
+        "-c foo.cpp -ofoo.o",
+        "ar rcs stuff.a foo.o bar.o",
+        "g++ -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color foo.o bar.a -pthread -lstdc++fs -omeow.exe -g");
+
+    check_tc_compile(
+        "Compiler-ID: GNU\nDebug: True\nOptimize: True",
+        "g++ -O2 -g -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color -pthread -c foo.cpp -ofoo.o",
+        "g++ -O2 -g -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color -pthread -Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Wconversion "
+        "-c foo.cpp -ofoo.o",
+        "ar rcs stuff.a foo.o bar.o",
+        "g++ -fPIC -fdiagnostics-color foo.o bar.a -pthread -lstdc++fs -omeow.exe -O2 -g");
+
+    check_tc_compile("Compiler-ID: MSVC",
+                     "cl.exe /MT /nologo /permissive- /c foo.cpp /Fofoo.o /EHsc",
+                     "cl.exe /MT /nologo /W4 /permissive- /c foo.cpp /Fofoo.o /EHsc",
+                     "lib /nologo /OUT:stuff.a foo.o bar.o",
+                     "cl.exe /nologo /EHsc foo.o bar.a /Femeow.exe /MT");
+
+    check_tc_compile("Compiler-ID: MSVC\nDebug: True",
+                     "cl.exe /Z7 /DEBUG /MTd /nologo /permissive- /c foo.cpp /Fofoo.o /EHsc",
+                     "cl.exe /Z7 /DEBUG /MTd /nologo /W4 /permissive- /c foo.cpp /Fofoo.o /EHsc",
+                     "lib /nologo /OUT:stuff.a foo.o bar.o",
+                     "cl.exe /nologo /EHsc foo.o bar.a /Femeow.exe /Z7 /DEBUG /MTd");
+
     auto tc = dds::parse_toolchain_dds(R"(
     Compiler-ID: GNU
 )");
diff --git a/tools/ci.py b/tools/ci.py
index 56e9b383..15de9b4e 100644
--- a/tools/ci.py
+++ b/tools/ci.py
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ def main(argv: Sequence[str]) -> int:
         '--durations=10',
         f'--basetemp={paths.BUILD_DIR / "_tmp"}',
         '-n4',
+        'tests/',
     ])