diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index fa69f104..a6a7e486 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ name: CI
 # events but only for the master branch
 on:
   push:
-    branches: [ master ]
+    branches: [ master, github_ci ]
   pull_request:
     branches: [ master ]
 
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ env:
   BUILD_TYPE: Release
 
 jobs:
-  build-ubuntu-latest:
+  build-ubuntu:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     # Steps represent a sequence of tasks that will be executed as part of the job
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
       # Use a bash shell so we can use the same syntax for environment variable
       # access regardless of the host operating system
       shell: bash
-      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DZINT_TEST=ON -DZINT_USE_QT=OFF
+      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DZINT_TEST=ON -DZINT_STATIC=ON -DZINT_USE_QT=OFF
 
     - name: Build
       working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
@@ -48,3 +48,33 @@ jobs:
       # Execute tests defined by the CMake configuration.
       # See https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/manual/ctest.1.html for more detail
       run: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:"$(pwd)/backend" PATH=$PATH:"$(pwd)/frontend" ctest -V -C $BUILD_TYPE
+
+  build-ubuntu-debug:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    env:
+      BUILD_TYPE: Debug
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Install libpng-dev
+      run: sudo apt-get install libpng-dev
+
+    - name: Create Build Environment
+      run: cmake -E make_directory ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+
+    - name: Configure CMake
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      shell: bash
+      run: cmake $GITHUB_WORKSPACE -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$BUILD_TYPE -DZINT_TEST=ON -DZINT_STATIC=ON -DZINT_USE_QT=OFF
+
+    - name: Build
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      shell: bash
+      run: cmake --build . -j8 --config $BUILD_TYPE
+
+    - name: Test
+      working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
+      shell: bash
+      run: LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:"$(pwd)/backend" PATH=$PATH:"$(pwd)/frontend" ctest -V -C $BUILD_TYPE