diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index f0f703f7f..3a75d53ce 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -86,3 +86,14 @@ jobs:
         --sdist
         --wheel
         --outdir dist/
+
+  # build the native parser
+  native-parser:
+    name: Native parser
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+      - run: cargo build --manifest-path=native/Cargo.toml --release --all-features