diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index d64ec10ac4..7d9bf89bee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install QEMU, NASM
       run: |
         sudo apt-get update
-        sudo apt-get install qemu-system-x86 nasm libcap-ng-dev libseccomp-dev socat
+        sudo apt-get install qemu-system-x86 nasm
     - name: Checkout hermit-rs
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
       with:
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ jobs:
     - uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
     - name: Build dev profile
       run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --package rusty_demo --target x86_64-unknown-hermit
-    - name: Download loader
+    - name: Download loader (x86_64)
       uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@1.1.1
       with:
         repo: hermitcore/rusty-loader
@@ -403,3 +403,24 @@ jobs:
           -enable-kvm -cpu qemu64,apic,fsgsbase,rdtscp,xsave,xsaveopt,fxsr,rdrand \
           -kernel rusty-loader-x86_64 \
           -initrd target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/release/rusty_demo
+    - name: Download loader (x86_64-fc)
+      uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@1.1.1
+      with:
+        repo: hermitcore/rusty-loader
+        file: rusty-loader-x86_64-fc
+    - name: Download firecracker
+      uses: dsaltares/fetch-gh-release-asset@1.1.1
+      with:
+        repo: firecracker-microvm/firecracker
+        file: firecracker-v1.4.1-x86_64.tgz
+        target: 'firecracker-x86_64.tgz'
+    - name: Install firecracker
+      run: |
+        tar xzvf firecracker-x86_64.tgz --one-top-level=fc --strip-components 1
+    - name: Build minimal profile (debug)
+      run: cargo build -Zbuild-std=std,panic_abort --target x86_64-unknown-hermit --no-default-features --package hello_world
+    - name: Test minimal profile
+      run: |
+        ./fc/firecracker-v1.4.1-x86_64 --no-api --config-file ./kernel/fc-config.json &
+        sleep 1
+        kill -KILL $(pidof firecracker-v1.4.1-x86_64)
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diff --git a/fc-config.json b/fc-config.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..71f9f708ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fc-config.json
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+{
+  "boot-source": {
+    "kernel_image_path": "./rusty-loader-x86_64-fc",
+    "initrd_path": "target/x86_64-unknown-hermit/debug/hello_world",
+    "boot_args": ""
+  },
+  "drives": [],
+  "machine-config": {
+    "vcpu_count": 1,
+    "mem_size_mib": 256,
+    "smt": false
+  }
+}