diff --git a/.github/workflows/create.yml b/.github/workflows/create.yml
index d78194ef..3cbfc4e5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/create.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/create.yml
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ jobs:
         with:
           java-version: '17'
           distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-package: 'jre'
           architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
 
       - name: Setup ant on macOS
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/test-wheels.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f648dd48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-wheels.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,201 @@
+on:
+    push:
+    pull_request:
+    create:
+  
+name: Continuous Integration - Testing Wheels on JREs
+jobs:
+  build_test_jar:
+    runs-on: 'ubuntu-latest'
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout pyjnius
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup java
+        # There's no need to setup java on ubuntu-latest, as build is done into a manylinux
+        # containerized environment. (CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX) takes care of it.
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          architecture: 'x64'
+
+      - name: Setup ant on Linux
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ant
+
+      - name: Build test-classes via ant
+        run: ant all
+
+      - name: Upload test-classes
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: test-classes
+          path: build/test-classes
+          
+  build_wheels:
+    name: cibuildwheel on ${{ matrix.os }} ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+    env:
+      CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX: 'yum install -y java-11-openjdk-devel'
+      CIBW_REPAIR_WHEEL_COMMAND_MACOS: ''
+      CIBW_SKIP: 'cp36-* *musllinux*'
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        include:
+          - os: windows-latest
+            architecture: 'x86'
+            cibw_archs: 'x86'
+          - os: windows-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+            cibw_archs: 'AMD64'
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+            cibw_archs: 'x86_64'
+          - os: macos-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+            cibw_archs: 'x86_64 universal2'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout pyjnius
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Setup Python (Ubuntu x86_64, macOS Intel, Windows x86_64)
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest' || matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest'
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: '3.x'
+
+      - name: Setup java
+        # There's no need to setup java on ubuntu-latest, as build is done into a manylinux
+        # containerized environment. (CIBW_BEFORE_ALL_LINUX) takes care of it.
+        if: ${{ matrix.os  != 'ubuntu-latest' }}
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+
+      - name: Install cibuildwheel & build wheels (Windows)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest'
+        env:
+          CIBW_ARCHS: '${{ matrix.cibw_archs }}'
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel~=2.16.2
+          python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
+
+      - name: Install cibuildwheel & build wheels (Linux, macOS Intel)
+        if: (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest') || (matrix.os == 'kivy-ubuntu-arm64') ||  (matrix.os == 'macos-latest')
+        env:
+          CIBW_ARCHS: '${{ matrix.cibw_archs }}'
+        run: |
+          source .ci/utils.sh
+          ensure_python_version 3.11
+          python -m pip install cibuildwheel~=2.16.2
+          python -m cibuildwheel --output-dir dist
+
+      - name: upload wheels
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist
+
+  test_wheels:
+    name: Test wheel on ${{ matrix.os }} (${{ matrix.architecture }}) Python ${{ matrix.python }}
+    needs:
+      - build_wheels
+    continue-on-error: true
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: ['ubuntu-latest', 'macos-latest', 'windows-latest', 'kivy-ubuntu-arm64']
+        python: ['3.7', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', '3.11', '3.12', 'pypy3.7', 'pypy3.8', 'pypy3.9']
+        include:
+          # We may would like to introduce tests also on windows-latest on x86 (win32 wheels)?
+          - os: ubuntu-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+          - os: windows-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+          - os: macos-latest
+            architecture: 'x64'
+          - os: apple-silicon-m1
+            architecture: 'aarch64'
+            python: '3.10'
+          - os: apple-silicon-m1
+            architecture: 'aarch64'
+            python: '3.11'
+          - os: apple-silicon-m1
+            architecture: 'aarch64'
+            python: '3.12'
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+
+      - name: Checkout pyjnius
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: dist
+          path: dist
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@v3
+        with:
+          name: test-classes
+          path: build/test-classes
+
+      - name: Setup Python (Ubuntu x86_64, macOS Intel, Windows x86_64)
+        # Needs to be skipped on our self-hosted runners tagged as 'apple-silicon-m1'
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-latest' || matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'apple-silicon-m1'
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v4
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python }}
+
+      - name: Setup java
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v3
+        with:
+          java-version: '17'
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-package: 'jre'
+          architecture: ${{ matrix.architecture }}
+
+      - name: Install pyjnius wheel + test prerequisites (Windows, macOS)
+        if: matrix.os == 'windows-latest' || matrix.os == 'macos-latest' || matrix.os == 'apple-silicon-m1'
+        # --find-links=dist --no-index is needed to avoid downloading the pyjnius wheel
+        # from the index. We need to test the wheel we just built.
+        run: |
+          python -m pip install --find-links=dist --no-index pyjnius
+          python -m pip install pyjnius[dev,ci]
+
+      - name: Install pyjnius wheel + test prerequisites (Linux)
+        if: matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' || matrix.os == 'kivy-ubuntu-arm64'
+        # --find-links=dist --no-index is needed to avoid downloading the pyjnius wheel
+        # from the index. We need to test the wheel we just built.
+        run: |
+          source .ci/utils.sh
+          ensure_python_version ${{ matrix.python }}
+          python -m pip install --find-links=dist --no-index pyjnius
+          python -m pip install pyjnius[dev,ci]
+
+      - name: Test wheel (Linux, macOS)
+        if: (matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest') || (matrix.os == 'kivy-ubuntu-arm64') || (matrix.os == 'macos-latest') || (matrix.os == 'apple-silicon-m1')
+        run: |
+          source .ci/utils.sh
+          ensure_python_version ${{ matrix.python }}
+          cd tests
+          CLASSPATH=../build/test-classes:../build/classes python -m pytest -v
+
+      - name: Test wheel ( Windows + Python == 3.7.x )
+        # On Python < 3.8.x, we can't use `os.add_dll_directory`, so the jre should be in PATH.
+        if: (matrix.os == 'windows-latest') && contains(matrix.python, '3.7')
+        run: |
+          cd tests
+          $env:PATH +=";$env:JAVA_HOME\jre\bin\server\;$env:JAVA_HOME\jre\bin\client\;$env:JAVA_HOME\bin\server\"
+          $env:CLASSPATH ="../build/test-classes;../build/classes"
+          python -m pytest -v
+
+      - name: Test wheel (Windows + Python != 3.7.x )
+        if: (matrix.os == 'windows-latest') && !contains(matrix.python, '3.7')
+        run: |
+          cd tests
+          $env:CLASSPATH ="../build/test-classes;../build/classes"
+          python -m pytest -v
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/docs/source/building.rst b/docs/source/building.rst
index 3aedf64e..7f33fbcc 100644
--- a/docs/source/building.rst
+++ b/docs/source/building.rst
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ Building PyJNIus
 Building PyJNIus is necessary for development purposes, or if there is no 
 pre-built binary for your particular platform. 
 
-Like installation of PyJNIus, building PyJNIus requires a  `Java Development Kit
+Building PyJNIus requires a  `Java Development Kit
 <https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/downloads/>`_  (JDK)
-to be installed.
+to be installed (NB: installing pre-built wheels required only a JRE).
 
 Apart from the JDK, the build requirements for each platform are as follows:
 
diff --git a/docs/source/installation.rst b/docs/source/installation.rst
index 32f1dbdc..ebedac12 100644
--- a/docs/source/installation.rst
+++ b/docs/source/installation.rst
@@ -16,10 +16,11 @@ If there is no pre-compiled binary available, pip install will aim to compile
 a binary on your operating system. For more information see the :ref:`building` 
 documentation.
 
-You will need the Java JDK installed (`OpenJDK <https://openjdk.org/>`_ is fine).
+You will need the Java JRE installed (`OpenJDK <https://openjdk.org/>`_ is fine).
 PyJNIus searches for Java in the usual places on each operating system. If PyJNIus 
 cannot find Java, set the `JAVA_HOME` environment variable (this is often needed 
 `on Windows <https://www.baeldung.com/java-home-on-windows-7-8-10-mac-os-x-linux#windows>`_).
+NB: Building pyjnius requires a Java JDK rather than a JRE.
 
 Installation for Android
 ------------------------