diff --git a/.github/workflows/curl-for-win.yml b/.github/workflows/curl-for-win.yml
index 91b0382a75..a029ba8344 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/curl-for-win.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/curl-for-win.yml
@@ -71,6 +71,33 @@ jobs:
             "${DOCKER_IMAGE_STABLE}" \
             sh -c ./_ci-linux-debian.sh
 
+  linux-glibc-gcc-minimal:  # use gcc to minimize installed packages
+    name: 'Linux gcc glibc minimal'
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 5
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@08c6903cd8c0fde910a37f88322edcfb5dd907a8 # v5.0.0
+        with:
+          persist-credentials: false
+          path: 'curl'
+          fetch-depth: 8
+      - name: 'build'
+        run: |
+          git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/curl/curl-for-win
+          mv curl-for-win/* .
+          export CW_CONFIG='-main-werror-unitybatch-prefill-zero-osnotls-osnoidn-nohttp-nocurltool-linux-x64-gcc'
+          export CW_REVISION="${GITHUB_SHA}"
+          . ./_versions.sh
+          sudo podman image trust set --type reject default
+          sudo podman image trust set --type accept docker.io/library
+          time podman pull "${DOCKER_IMAGE}"
+          podman images --digests
+          time podman run --volume "$(pwd):$(pwd)" --workdir "$(pwd)" \
+            --env-file <(env | grep -a -E \
+              '^(CW_|GITHUB_)') \
+            "${DOCKER_IMAGE}" \
+            sh -c ./_ci-linux-debian.sh
+
   linux-musl-llvm:
     name: 'Linux llvm MUSL (amd64, riscv64)'
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest