diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuild-setup-ubuntu.sh b/.github/workflows/cibuild-setup-ubuntu.sh
index c60210113..12a28f2f4 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuild-setup-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuild-setup-ubuntu.sh
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ PACKAGES=(
 	ntp
 	socat
 	asciidoctor
+	meson
 )
 
 PACKAGES_OPTIONAL=(
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuild.sh b/.github/workflows/cibuild.sh
index d5ad53146..023ab6ed3 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuild.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuild.sh
@@ -51,6 +51,12 @@ for phase in "${PHASES[@]}"; do
     INSTALL)
         make install DESTDIR=/tmp/dest
         ;;
+    MESONCONF)
+        meson build
+        ;;
+    MESONBUILD)
+        ninja -C build
+        ;;
     CHECK)
         if [[ "$SANITIZE" == "yes" ]]; then
             # All the following black magic is to make test/eject/umount work, since
diff --git a/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml b/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
index b999e7aef..9db288f47 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/cibuild.yml
@@ -37,6 +37,22 @@ jobs:
         run: sudo -E .github/workflows/cibuild.sh CHECK
       - name: Make install
         run: .github/workflows/cibuild.sh INSTALL
+  meson:
+    needs: build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    env:
+      COMPILER: gcc
+      COMPILER_VERSION: 10
+      SANITIZE: no
+    steps:
+      - name: Repository checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Ubuntu setup
+        run: sudo -E .github/workflows/cibuild-setup-ubuntu.sh
+      - name: Meson configure
+        run: .github/workflows/cibuild.sh MESONCONF
+      - name: Meson build
+        run: .github/workflows/cibuild.sh MESONBUILD
   distcheck:
     needs: build
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest