diff --git a/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake b/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
index 690159583a170e1285bf2a3b942635f0d9e10f52..4471380c6b6d394a4b592476c0d17b710e89d066 100644
--- a/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
+++ b/indra/cmake/00-Common.cmake
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ if (WINDOWS)
     string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
     string(REPLACE "/Zi" "/Z7" CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}")
   endif()
+
+  # workaround for github runner image breakage:
+  # https://github.com/actions/runner-images/issues/10004#issuecomment-2153445161
+  # can be removed after the above issue is resolved and deployed across GHA
+  add_compile_definitions(_DISABLE_CONSTEXPR_MUTEX_CONSTRUCTOR)
 endif (WINDOWS)