diff --git a/.github/workflows/perl.yaml b/.github/workflows/perl.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bd02a9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/perl.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+---
+name: Perl authortests
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  authortests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    name: Perl
+    container:
+      image: registry.opensuse.org/devel/openqa/containers/os-autoinst_dev
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - run: git config --global --add safe.directory '*'
+      - run: prove xt
diff --git a/xt/01-make-update-deps.t b/xt/01-make-update-deps.t
index d6a5e7a..db88a95 100755
--- a/xt/01-make-update-deps.t
+++ b/xt/01-make-update-deps.t
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ my $rc = $?;
 die "Could not run $make_cmd: rc=$rc, out: @out" if $rc;
 
 my @status = grep { not m/^\?/ } qx{git -C "$Bin/.." status --porcelain};
+is $?, 0, 'git status exit code 0';
 ok(!@status, "No changed files after '$make_cmd'") or diag @status;
 
 done_testing;