diff --git a/uw_cfg_common.install b/uw_cfg_common.install
index 7ce88d6d19654769da8750093169901738297d0b..bca7ef78ff261f180875831c7f77256a56791108 100644
--- a/uw_cfg_common.install
+++ b/uw_cfg_common.install
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ use Symfony\Component\Yaml\Yaml;
  */
 function uw_cfg_common_install() {
 
+  // ISTWCMS-5865: this the attempt to fix features for our build.
+  // Moving the actual installing of workflows to here, so that
+  // we can include workflows as a dependency in our modules and
+  // that it will allow new site installs.
+  $name = 'workflows.workflow.uw_workflow';
+  $path = \Drupal::service('extension.list.module')->getPath('uw_cfg_common') . '/config/custom/';
+  $source = new FileStorage($path);
+  $active_storage = \Drupal::service('config.storage');
+  $active_storage->write($name, $source->read($name));
+
   // Get the role ids for UW roles.
   $uw_rids = UwRoles::getUwRoleIds();