diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dd070db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: build
+run-name: Build Spatial Shell
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  build_matrix:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        ocaml_compiler: [ocaml.5.0.0, ocaml.5.1.1]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt install opam scdoc
+      - name: Initialize Opam
+        run: opam init -n --bare
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: make build-deps OCAML_COMPILER="${{ matrix.ocaml_compiler }}"
+      - name: Build Spatial Shell
+        run: |
+          eval $(opam env)
+          make
+
+  build_static:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install system dependencies
+        run: sudo apt install opam scdoc musl-dev
+      - name: Initialize Opam
+        run: opam init -n --bare
+      - name: Build static binaries
+        run: ./scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh
+      - name: Upload artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          path: _artifacts/spatial-shell-*.tar.gz
diff --git a/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh b/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh
index 14e916c..44f24d0 100755
--- a/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh
+++ b/scripts/prepare-release-artifacts.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/sh
+#!/usr/bin/bash
 
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