diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fb719a550..bc8006a88 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ jobs:
             defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_BLAS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DLLAMA_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/include" -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/lib/openblas.lib"'
           - build: 'kompute'
             defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_KOMPUTE=ON -DKOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_VULKAN_VERSION_CHECK=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+          - build: 'vulkan'
+            defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_VULKAN=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Vulkan SDK
         id: get_vulkan
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'kompute' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'kompute' || matrix.build == 'vulkan' }}
         run: |
           curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/VulkanSDK-Installer.exe -L "https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/${env:VULKAN_VERSION}/windows/VulkanSDK-${env:VULKAN_VERSION}-Installer.exe"
           & "$env:RUNNER_TEMP\VulkanSDK-Installer.exe" --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         id: cmake_test
         # not all machines have native AVX-512
-        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && matrix.build != 'kompute' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && matrix.build != 'kompute' && matrix.build != 'vulkan' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }}
         run: |
           cd build
           ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900