diff --git a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
index f5b1931a8..67dbf9b50 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/codecov.yml
@@ -19,7 +19,17 @@ jobs:
           echo -e "Host github.com\n\tStrictHostKeyChecking no\n" >> ~/.ssh/config
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive ACCEPT_EULA=Y apt-get install -y curl zip unzip tar libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libunwind-dev git cmake ninja-build gdb protobuf-compiler libsodium-dev libgflags-dev libprotobuf-dev libutempter-dev g++ lcov
+
+          echo "Host localhost\n  Port 2222\n\n" >> ~/.ssh/config
+
+          sudo /usr/sbin/sshd -p 2222
+
+          ssh-keygen -t rsa -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa -P "" -N ""
+          cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys
+          cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
+          ssh -vvvvvvv -o "StrictHostKeyChecking no" -o 'PreferredAuthentications=publickey' localhost "echo foobar" # Fails if we can't ssh into localhost without a password
           if [[ -z "${ACT}" ]]; then auth_header="$(git config --local --get http.https://github.com/.extraheader)"; fi
+
           git submodule sync --recursive
           git submodule update --init --force --recursive
 
@@ -42,18 +52,22 @@ jobs:
           key: |
             et-vcpkg-${{ hashFiles( 'vcpkg.json' ) }}-${{ hashFiles( '.git/modules/external/vcpkg/HEAD' )}}-linux-codecov
 
-      - name: Build with code coverage
+      - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir build
           pushd build
           cmake -DCODE_COVERAGE=ON ../
           make -j`nproc`
-          ./et-test
-          lcov --capture --directory . --output-file ../coverage.info
-          lcov --remove ../coverage.info '/usr/*' --output-file coverage.info # filter system-files
-          lcov --list ../coverage.info # debug info
           popd
 
+      - name: Build Test with code coverage
+        run: |
+          ./build/et-test
+          ./test/system_tests/connect_with_jumphost.sh
+          lcov --capture --directory . --output-file ./coverage.info
+          lcov --remove ./coverage.info '/usr/*' --output-file coverage.info # filter system-files
+          lcov --list ./coverage.info # debug info
+
       - name: Upload coverage to Codecov
         uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
         with: