diff --git a/.github/workflows/builds.yml b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
index 9a875c87aa..a1cfecc8ba 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/builds.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/builds.yml
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./configure --enable-unittests
       - run: make -j2
       - run: make check
+      - run: make distcheck
       - name: Fetching suricata-verify
         run: git clone https://github.com/OISF/suricata-verify.git
       - name: Running suricata-verify