diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_ports.yml b/.github/workflows/build_ports.yml
index 727016d91..70a334959 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_ports.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_ports.yml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ jobs:
              make -C porting/examples/dummy/ clean all
              make -C porting/examples/linux/ clean all
              make -C porting/examples/linux_blemesh/ clean all
+             make -C porting/npl/linux/test/ clean all test
       - name: Build RIOT port
         if: success() || failure()
         continue-on-error: true