diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/validate-vs-filters.ps1 b/.github/workflows/scripts/validate-vs-filters.ps1
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..09e7b43ba7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/validate-vs-filters.ps1
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+$filterFiles = Get-ChildItem $PWD -name -recurse *.vcxproj.filters
+
+$failed = $FALSE
+foreach ($file in $filterFiles) {
+  # Skip 3rdparty files
+  if ($file -NotMatch "^3rdparty") {
+    $expression  = "python -c `"import sys, xml.dom.minidom as d; d.parse(sys.argv[1])`" $($file)"
+    $expression += ';$LastExitCode'
+    $exitCode = Invoke-Expression $expression
+    if($exitCode -ne 0){
+      Write-Host -foregroundColor red "$($file) - Invalid VS filters file.  Likely missing tags"
+      $failed = $TRUE
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+if ($failed) {
+  exit 1
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows-workflow.yml b/.github/workflows/windows-workflow.yml
index 8f0f3946e7..b9b8e64191 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows-workflow.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows-workflow.yml
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ jobs:
           echo "##[set-output name=artifact-metadata;]${ARTIFACT_NAME}"
         id: git-vars
 
+      - name: Verify VS Project Files
+        shell: powershell
+        run: .\.github\workflows\scripts\validate-vs-filters.ps1
+
       - name: Setup msbuild
         uses: microsoft/setup-msbuild@v1.0.1
         with: