diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d748bef21..a66d8296b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get install ninja-build build-essential libx11-dev libwxgtk3.0-gtk3-dev libfreetype6-dev pkg-config libfontconfig1-dev libass-dev libasound2-dev libffms2-dev intltool libboost-all-dev libhunspell-dev libuchardet-dev libpulse-dev libopenal-dev libxxhash-dev nasm
 
       - name: Configure
-        run: meson setup build ${{ matrix.config.args }} -Dbuildtype=${{ matrix.config.buildtype }}
+        run: |
+          meson setup build ${{ matrix.config.args }} -Dbuildtype=${{ matrix.config.buildtype }}
+          meson configure
 
       - name: Build
         run: meson compile -C build