diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 8b9803c..940c4d6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-name: Linux build
+pname: Linux build
 
 on:
   push:
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ on:
 jobs:
   build:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        cross_tool: [ "m68k-atari-mint", "m68k-atari-mintelf" ]
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v3
       - name: Install SSH keys
@@ -16,14 +19,15 @@ jobs:
         env:
           SSH_ID: ${{ secrets.SSH_ID }}
         run: ./.scripts/install_ssh_id.sh
-      - name: Install packages
-        run: |
-          SYSROOT_DIR="/" ./.scripts/install-freemint.sh binutils gcc
-          ./.scripts/install-freemint.sh mintlib
       - name: Setup environment
         env:
           PROJECT_VERSION: "0.4"
+          CROSS_TOOL: ${{ matrix.cross_tool }}
         run: ./.scripts/setup_env.sh
+      - name: Install packages
+        run: |
+          SYSROOT_DIR="/" ./.scripts/install-freemint.sh binutils gcc
+          ./.scripts/install-freemint.sh mintlib
       - name: build
         run: ./.scripts/build.sh
       - name: deploy
diff --git a/.scripts/build.sh b/.scripts/build.sh
index 09866c2..8d0a694 100755
--- a/.scripts/build.sh
+++ b/.scripts/build.sh
@@ -5,16 +5,17 @@
 
 export ACLOCAL=aclocal
 export AUTOMAKE=automake
+CROSS_TOOL=${CROSS_TOOL:-m68k-atari-mint}
 # wrong: we need the cross-compiler version here
-# CC=m68k-atari-mint-gcc RANLIB=m68k-atari-mint-ranlib ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls --host=m68k-atari-mint --target=m68k-atari-mint && make
+# CC=${CROSS_TOOL}-gcc RANLIB=m68k-atari-mint-ranlib ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls --host=${CROSS_TOOL} --target=${CROSS_TOOL} && make
 
-CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls --target=m68k-atari-mint
+CC=gcc ./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-nls --target=${CROSS_TOOL}
 
 make DESTDIR="${INSTALL_DIR}" install
 rm -f "${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/share/info/dir"
 rm -rf "${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/include"
 
-# find "${INSTALL_DIR}" -type f -perm -a=x -exec m68k-atari-mint-strip -s {} \;
-# find "${INSTALL_DIR}" -type f \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.o' \) -exec m68k-atari-mint-strip -S -X -w -N '.L[0-9]*' {} \;
+# find "${INSTALL_DIR}" -type f -perm -a=x -exec ${CROSS_TOOL}-strip -s {} \;
+# find "${INSTALL_DIR}" -type f \( -name '*.a' -o -name '*.o' \) -exec ${CROSS_TOOL}-strip -S -X -w -N '.L[0-9]*' {} \;
 
 strip ${INSTALL_DIR}/usr/bin/*
diff --git a/.scripts/deploy.sh b/.scripts/deploy.sh
index 2fa5e05..c821d3f 100755
--- a/.scripts/deploy.sh
+++ b/.scripts/deploy.sh
@@ -9,11 +9,13 @@ then
 	DEPLOY_ARCHIVE="zip"
 fi
 
+toolsuffix=${CROSS_TOOL##*-}
+
 if [ -n "${CPU_TARGET+x}" ]
 then
-	ARCHIVE_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${SHORT_ID}-${CPU_TARGET}.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
+	ARCHIVE_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${toolsuffix}-${SHORT_ID}-${CPU_TARGET}.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
 else
-	ARCHIVE_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${SHORT_ID}.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
+	ARCHIVE_NAME="${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${toolsuffix}-${SHORT_ID}.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
 fi
 ARCHIVE_PATH="${DEPLOY_DIR}/${ARCHIVE_NAME}"
 
@@ -70,7 +72,11 @@ link_file() {
 upload_file "$ARCHIVE_PATH" "${UPLOAD_DIR}/${PROJECT_DIR}/${ARCHIVE_NAME}"
 if test -z "${CPU_TARGET}"
 then
-	link_file "$ARCHIVE_NAME" "${PROJECT_DIR}-latest.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
+	link_file "$ARCHIVE_NAME" "${PROJECT_DIR}-${toolsuffix}-latest.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
+	# traditionally, that link did not contain the cross toolchain suffix
+	if test "$toolsuffix" = "mint"; then
+		link_file "$ARCHIVE_NAME" "${PROJECT_DIR}-latest.${DEPLOY_ARCHIVE}"
+	fi
 fi
 
 echo ${PROJECT_NAME}-${PROJECT_VERSION}-${SHORT_ID} > .latest_version
diff --git a/.scripts/install-freemint.sh b/.scripts/install-freemint.sh
index 61cfa6c..6a7d8ce 100755
--- a/.scripts/install-freemint.sh
+++ b/.scripts/install-freemint.sh
@@ -3,8 +3,13 @@
 # -u: Treat unset variables as an error when substituting.
 # -x: Display expanded script commands
 
+# no need to install anything here.
+# we just need the hosts compiler
+exit 0
+
 DOWNLOAD_DIR=http://tho-otto.de/snapshots
-SYSROOT_DIR=${SYSROOT_DIR:-"/usr/m68k-atari-mint/sys-root/usr"}
+CROSS_TOOL=${CROSS_TOOL:-m68k-atari-mint}
+SYSROOT_DIR=${SYSROOT_DIR:-"/usr/$CROSS_TOOL/sys-root/usr"}
 
 sudo mkdir -p "${SYSROOT_DIR}" && cd "${SYSROOT_DIR}"
 
diff --git a/.scripts/setup_env.sh b/.scripts/setup_env.sh
index c168ac3..22cc9bd 100755
--- a/.scripts/setup_env.sh
+++ b/.scripts/setup_env.sh
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ BRANCH=$(echo "${GITHUB_REF}" | cut -d '/' -f 3)
 if test "$CPU_TARGET" != ""; then
 	echo "CPU_TARGET=$CPU_TARGET" >> $GITHUB_ENV
 fi
+if test "$CROSS_TOOL" != ""; then
+	echo "CROSS_TOOL=$CROSS_TOOL" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+fi
 
 # GITHUB_HEAD_REF is only set for pull requests
 if [ "${GITHUB_HEAD_REF}" = "" ]