diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8fc7ac23d2353abb7e1353cf0b58853caa5c03a8..1f99e905da96a7df1479c18ec6019beef1c8517a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -3,7 +3,15 @@ name: PlatformIO CI
 on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
-  build:
+  makefile-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+    - name: Install Dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y build-essential make libnewlib-dev gcc-riscv64-unknown-elf libusb-1.0-0-dev
+    - name: Build Blink Example
+      run: cd examples/blink && make V=1 -j3
+  pio-build:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix: