diff --git a/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml b/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
index 748fd6a5e..e2859e4e2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CI-unix.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ on:
       - master
 
 jobs:
+  build-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: configure
+        run: |
+          ./autogen.sh
+          mkdir build
+          (cd build && ../configure)
+      - name: distcheck
+        continue-on-error: true # XXX: allow failure
+        run: |
+          make -C build distcheck
+      - name: dist
+        run: |
+          make -C build dist
+
   build-android:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     container: reactnativecommunity/react-native-android:2020-5-20
@@ -40,7 +57,7 @@ jobs:
         run: npx envinfo
       - name: Setup
         run: |
-          brew install ninja
+          brew install ninja automake libtool
       - name: Configure
         run: |
           mkdir build
@@ -59,6 +76,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         run: |
           cd build && ctest -V
+      - name: Autotools configure
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          ./autogen.sh
+          mkdir build-auto
+          (cd build-auto && ../configure)
+          make -C build-auto -j4
 
   build-ios:
     runs-on: macos-11