diff --git a/.github/workflows/continuous-building.yml b/.github/workflows/continuous-building.yml
index c9be5573..b9dde7e9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/continuous-building.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/continuous-building.yml
@@ -23,7 +23,16 @@ jobs:
             use-asan: YES
     env:
       USE_ASAN: ${{ matrix.use-asan }}
+      VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg/scripts/buildsystems/vcpkg.cmake'
     steps:
+    - name: 'Install vcpkg + the packages we need from it'
+      uses: lukka/run-vcpkg@v11
+      with:
+        vcpkgDirectory: '${{ github.workspace }}/vcpkg'
+        vcpkgGitCommitId: cf4ebef2294e164875ce17d7937f44d3e3ea156e
+        runVcpkgInstall: true
+        runVcpkgFormatString: '[`install`, `jsoncpp`]'
+
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
         submodules: recursive
diff --git a/build-linux-64.sh b/build-linux-64.sh
index d91f8ec9..239cce87 100755
--- a/build-linux-64.sh
+++ b/build-linux-64.sh
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ TBB_CMAKE_DIR="$(pwd)/oneapi-tbb-2021.3.0/lib/cmake"
 
 # check USE_ASAN environment variable (see cmake.yml)
 if [ "$USE_ASAN" == "YES" ]; then
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR" -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DERICWTOOLS_ASAN=YES
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR" -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DERICWTOOLS_ASAN=YES
 else
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR"
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR"
 fi
 
 # not yet free of memory leaks, so don't abort on leak detection
diff --git a/build-osx.sh b/build-osx.sh
index 0d72ec16..4e5c5016 100755
--- a/build-osx.sh
+++ b/build-osx.sh
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ TBB_CMAKE_DIR="$(pwd)/${TBB_DIR_NAME}/lib/cmake"
 
 # check USE_ASAN environment variable (see cmake.yml)
 if [ "$USE_ASAN" == "YES" ]; then
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR" -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DERICWTOOLS_ASAN=YES
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR" -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DERICWTOOLS_ASAN=YES
 else
-  cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR"
+  cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="$EMBREE_CMAKE_DIR;$TBB_CMAKE_DIR"
 fi
 make -j8 package || exit 1
 
diff --git a/build-windows.ps1 b/build-windows.ps1
index 68369204..86ecb3ee 100644
--- a/build-windows.ps1
+++ b/build-windows.ps1
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ choco install ninja
 mkdir build-windows
 cd build-windows
 
-cmake .. -GNinja -Dembree_DIR="C:\embree-3.12.1.x64.vc14.windows" -DTBB_DIR="C:\tbb\cmake" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DQt5Widgets_DIR="C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019_64\lib\cmake\Qt5Widgets"
+cmake .. -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE="$VCPKG_CMAKE_FILE" -GNinja -Dembree_DIR="C:\embree-3.12.1.x64.vc14.windows" -DTBB_DIR="C:\tbb\cmake" -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release -DENABLE_LIGHTPREVIEW=YES -DQt5Widgets_DIR="C:\Qt\5.15.2\msvc2019_64\lib\cmake\Qt5Widgets"
 
 ninja package
 if ( $? -eq $false ) {