diff --git a/.github/workflows/simple.yml b/.github/workflows/simple.yml
index 628cfab..8f9333f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/simple.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/simple.yml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ jobs:
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
 
-    name: Test `cargo check/test` on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    name: Test `cargo check/test/build` on ${{ matrix.os }}
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
 
     env:
@@ -27,4 +27,5 @@ jobs:
       - run: |
           cargo check
           cargo test
+          cargo build --release
         working-directory: tests
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.lock b/tests/Cargo.lock
index 5d0b863..aa18327 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.lock
+++ b/tests/Cargo.lock
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ name = "rust-cache"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
+ "tikv-jemallocator",
  "watto",
 ]
 
@@ -658,6 +659,26 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemalloc-sys"
+version = "0.5.4+5.3.0-patched"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9402443cb8fd499b6f327e40565234ff34dbda27460c5b47db0db77443dd85d1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+ "libc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tikv-jemallocator"
+version = "0.5.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "965fe0c26be5c56c94e38ba547249074803efd52adfb66de62107d95aab3eaca"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+ "tikv-jemalloc-sys",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinyvec"
 version = "1.6.0"
diff --git a/tests/Cargo.toml b/tests/Cargo.toml
index 9551988..aeeec60 100644
--- a/tests/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tests/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,3 +8,6 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 reqwest = "0.11.11"
 watto = { git = "https://github.com/getsentry/watto", rev = "d71c8218506bddba102a124a460d64da25e303dc", features = ["strings"] }
+
+[target.'cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))'.dependencies]
+tikv-jemallocator = "0.5"
diff --git a/tests/src/main.rs b/tests/src/main.rs
index ed1f592..c12e9ad 100644
--- a/tests/src/main.rs
+++ b/tests/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+use tikv_jemallocator::Jemalloc;
+
+#[cfg(not(target_env = "msvc"))]
+#[global_allocator]
+static GLOBAL: Jemalloc = Jemalloc;
+
 fn main() {
     println!("Hello, world!");
 }