diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 9c5a967f5..0809cb2ac 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ jobs:
         - SWIGLANG: ""
           compiler: clang
           desc: clang
+        - SWIGLANG: c
         - SWIGLANG: csharp
         # D support can't be enabled because dmd 2.066 fails to build anything
         # under Ubuntu 18.04 due to its standard library (libphobos2.a) not