diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-schedulers b/.github/workflows/run-schedulers
index 5cb6cc2303b2b..ef353157d3a04 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/run-schedulers
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-schedulers
@@ -59,3 +59,14 @@ for sched in $(find tools/sched_ext/build/bin -type f -executable); do
         echo "OK: ${sched}"
     fi
 done
+
+# Run the selftests suite
+runtest "tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext/runner"
+sed -n -e '/not ok/q1' /tmp/output
+res=$?
+if [ ${res} -ne 0 ]; then
+	echo "FAIL: selftests"
+	echo "output: $(cat /tmp/output)"
+else
+	echo "OK: selftests"
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-kernel.yml b/.github/workflows/test-kernel.yml
index ba1905c5a6107..6e9d059a461a1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-kernel.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-kernel.yml
@@ -40,8 +40,11 @@ jobs:
       # Build a minimal kernel (with sched-ext enabled) using virtme-ng
       - run: vng -v --build --config .github/workflows/sched-ext.config
 
+      # Build the selftests suite
+      - run: make -j $(nproc) -C tools/testing/selftests/sched_ext
+
       # Build the in-kernel schedulers
-      - run: cd tools/sched_ext && make
+      - run: make -j $(nproc) -C tools/sched_ext
 
       # Test the schedulers inside the recompile kernel
       - run: .github/workflows/run-schedulers