diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..694ba84c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+name: Build
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - v*
+    paths:
+      - 'OpenCL/**.h'
+      - 'OpenCL/**.cl'
+      - 'include/**.h'
+      - 'src/**.c'
+      - 'tools/**'
+      - '**/Makefile'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    paths:
+      - 'OpenCL/**.h'
+      - 'OpenCL/**.cl'
+      - 'include/**.h'
+      - 'src/**.c'
+      - 'tools/**'
+      - '**/Makefile'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest]  # todo: windows-latest - lack of iconv development files
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Build
+        run: make
diff --git a/docs/changes.txt b/docs/changes.txt
index a0f45ca60..1dad94c9d 100644
--- a/docs/changes.txt
+++ b/docs/changes.txt
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@
 - Terminal: Increased size of hash name column in `--help` and `--identify` options.
 - Modules: New LUKS v1 modules (29511-29543) which do not use `module_hash_binary_parse` to get data from containers anymore (use new tool `tools/luks2hashcat.py`).
 - Modules: Renamed old LUKS module into LUKS v1 and added suffix *legacy* (14600).
+- Workflow: Added basic workflow for GitHub Actions.
 
 * changes v6.2.4 -> v6.2.5