diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
index 0421726277a..038b5e4fa92 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/rust.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -62,8 +62,20 @@ jobs:
         # windows-latest was pinned to windows-2019
         # because of https://github.com/paritytech/wasmi/runs/5021520759
         os: [ubuntu-latest, windows-latest, macos-latest]
+        include:
+          # Include a new variable `rustc-args` with `-- --test-threads 1`
+          # for windows-latest to be used with virtual_memory crate feature
+          # enabled while testing.
+          - os: windows-latest
+            test-args: "--test-threads 1"
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
+      - name: Configure Pagefile for Windows
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-2019'
+        uses: al-cheb/configure-pagefile-action@v1.2
+        with:
+          minimum-size: 6GB
+          maximum-size: 32GB
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
@@ -95,9 +107,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
         env:
           RUSTFLAGS: '--cfg debug_assertions'
+          TEST_FLAGS: ${{ matrix.test-args }}
         with:
           command: test
-          args: --workspace --release --all-features
+          args: --workspace --release --all-features -- $TEST_FLAGS
 
   fmt:
     name: Formatting