diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 1153809ad7..8738ff8b04 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ jobs:
           MAKEFLAGS: "-j ${{ env.CPUS }}"
       - run: test -e doc/userguide/suricata.1
 
+      # Rebuild with debug-validation.
+      - name: Configuring
+        run: |
+          ./autogen.sh
+          CFLAGS="${DEFAULT_CFLAGS}" ./configure --enable-debug-validation
+          make -j ${{ env.CPUS }}
+
       - name: Building Rust documentation
         run: make doc
         working-directory: rust