diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index dfba57c..27c6004 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ jobs:
             cmake
             git
             libxml2
+            meson
             qt6-base
             qt6-tools
+            gtk3
           )
           pacman -S --noconfirm ${packages[@]}
 
@@ -57,10 +59,11 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           apt-get update
           apt-get upgrade -y
-          apt-get install -y cmake clang g++ gcc git \
+          apt-get install -y cmake clang g++ gcc git meson \
             libglib2.0 libgl1-mesa-dev libxml2-dev pkg-config \
             qt6-base-dev  qt6-l10n-tools \
-            qt6-tools-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools
+            qt6-tools-dev qt6-tools-dev-tools \
+            libgtk-3-dev
 
       # These builds are executed on all runners
       - name: Build with gcc
@@ -82,3 +85,16 @@ jobs:
             -B build-clang \
             -S .
           cmake --build build-clang --verbose
+
+      - name: Meson build with gcc
+        run: |
+          export CC=gcc
+          export CXX=g++
+          meson setup build-meson-gcc --werror
+          meson compile -C build-meson-gcc
+
+      - name: Run tests
+        run: |
+          build-meson-gcc/tests/t1000_add_xpath_node
+          build-meson-gcc/tests/t1001_nodenames
+