diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index baf3e9bc19847a919fb09d43a3aa457369ae2f1a..9dc1ed8fc4474caece51ba575a775a80c932f8ec 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -185,6 +185,26 @@ build_release_tag:
     IMAGE_TAG: "$CI_COMMIT_TAG"
     PODMAN_BUILD_OPTIONS: "--platform linux/amd64"
 
+gdev_build:
+  stage: build
+  image: rust:1-bullseye
+  rules:
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME =~ /^wip*$/
+      when: manual
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_TAG
+      when: never
+    - if: $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH =~ /^(release\/runtime-)[0-9].*/
+      when: never
+    - if: '$CI_MERGE_REQUEST_ID || $CI_COMMIT_BRANCH == "master"'
+      when: manual
+    - when: always
+  variables:
+    DEBIAN_FRONTEND: noninteractive
+  script:
+    - apt-get update
+    - apt-get install -y clang cmake protobuf-compiler
+    - cargo build --no-default-features --features gtest
+
 tests:
   stage: tests
   image: rust:1-bullseye