diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 7806f832..7d1aaf30 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -119,6 +119,22 @@ test_ubuntu_mpi:
       netgen_mpi_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
       bash -c 'cd /root/build/netgen && make test_netgen ARGS="-V"'
 
+test_build_ngsolve:
+  <<: *ubuntu
+  allow_failure: true
+  stage: test
+  script:
+    - >-
+      docker run
+      -e NETGENDIR=/opt/netgen/bin
+      -e PYTHONPATH=/opt/netgen/lib/python3/dist-packages
+      -e MKLROOT=/opt/intel/mkl
+      -v /opt/intel:/opt/intel
+      -e CCACHE_DIR=/ccache
+      -v /mnt/ccache:/ccache
+      netgen_${CI_PIPELINE_ID}_installed:${UBUNTU_VERSION}
+      bash -c 'cd /root/src/netgen/tests/ && ./build_ngsolve.sh'
+
 # cpp guideline checks
 test_guidelines:
   <<: *ubuntu
diff --git a/tests/build_ngsolve.sh b/tests/build_ngsolve.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..ca5b9dac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/build_ngsolve.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+cd ~/src
+git clone https://github.com/NGSolve/ngsolve.git
+mkdir -p ~/build/ngsolve
+cd ~/build/ngsolve
+cmake \
+  -DUSE_MKL=ON \
+  -DUSE_CCACHE=ON \
+  -DNETGEN_DIR=/opt/netgen \
+  -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo \
+  ~/src/ngsolve
+make -j12
+make install