diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-nojvm.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-nojvm.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d2294fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-nojvm.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: ci-nojvm
+
+on:
+  push:
+    paths:
+    - "**.m"
+    - ".github/workflows/ci-nojvm.yml"
+
+jobs:
+
+  NoJVM:
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        release: [R2024b]
+
+    steps:
+
+    - name: Install MATLAB
+      uses: matlab-actions/setup-matlab@v2
+      with:
+        release: ${{ matrix.release }}
+
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+    - name: Run Matlab tests (buildtool)
+      timeout-minutes: 10
+      uses: matlab-actions/run-build@v2
+      with:
+        startup-options: -nojvm
diff --git a/Readme.md b/Readme.md
index 0952d02..6012b86 100644
--- a/Readme.md
+++ b/Readme.md
@@ -22,7 +22,9 @@ For reference, we further
 [discuss Java implementation details](./Readme_java.md).
 If Matlab was started with
 [-nojvm](https://www.mathworks.com/help/matlab/matlab_env/commonly-used-startup-options.html),
-many Matlab-stdlib functions do not work.
+some Matlab-stdlib functions do not work.
+We have a CI job that tests without JVM.
+
 
 
 ## Acknowledgments