diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
index e710c0f44..44c8eb3cf 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_test.yml
@@ -357,3 +357,22 @@ jobs:
         python -VV
         python -c "import sys; sys.exit('Invalid python version') if '.'.join(map(str,sys.version_info[0:2])) != '${{ matrix.python_version }}' else True"
         python setup.py ${{ matrix.py_setuptools_cmd || 'test'}}
+
+  archive_build:
+    name: Build and test from archive
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        shell: bash
+    steps:
+
+    - name: archive
+      run: |
+        git archive -o archive.tgz
+
+    - name: extract
+      runs: |
+        mkdir archive
+        cd archive
+        tar xvzf ../archive.tgz
+        ls