diff --git a/.ci/build-efl-app.sh b/.ci/build-efl-app.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..ac22e09db5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.ci/build-efl-app.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -e
+
+cd /
+
+#clone our examples from efl
+git clone http://git.enlightenment.org/tools/examples.git/
+
+cd examples/apps/c/life/
+
+#build the example
+mkdir build
+meson . ./build
+ninja -C build all
+
+#remove the folder again so its not left in the artifacts
+cd /
+rm -rf examples
diff --git a/.ci/ci-linux-build.sh b/.ci/ci-linux-build.sh
index 56c945120b..cb5e7e4a24 100755
--- a/.ci/ci-linux-build.sh
+++ b/.ci/ci-linux-build.sh
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ if [ "$CI_BUILD_TYPE" = "" ]; then
   make -j $PARALLEL_JOBS check-build
   make -j $PARALLEL_JOBS examples
   make -j $PARALLEL_JOBS benchmark
+  make -j $PARALLEL_JOBS install
+  ./.ci/build-efl-app.sh
 fi
 
 if [ "$CI_BUILD_TYPE" = "wayland" ]; then