diff --git a/.github/workflows/zig-build.yml b/.github/workflows/zig-build.yml
index 395e39d9c..d0b926c77 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/zig-build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/zig-build.yml
@@ -9,23 +9,22 @@ on: [push, pull_request]
 
 jobs:
   build:
-    name: ${{ matrix.ttriple }}
+    name: ${{ matrix.ttriple }} dll:${{ matrix.shared_libs }}
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
 
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         ttriple: [ aarch64-linux-musl, wasm32-wasi, x86_64-linux-gnu.2.27, x86_64-linux-musl, x86_64-windows-gnu ]
+        shared_libs: [ off, on ]
 
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v4
     - name: "Install zig"
       run: |
-        curl -o zig.tar.xz https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-linux-x86_64-0.12.0-dev.1814+5c0d58b71.tar.xz
-        mkdir -p zig
-        cd zig
-        tar Jx --strip-components=1 -f ../zig.tar.xz
-        cd ..
+        mkdir zig && cd zig && curl https://ziglang.org/builds/zig-linux-x86_64-0.12.0-dev.1814+5c0d58b71.tar.xz | tar Jx --strip-components=1 && cd ..
     - name: Build
-      run: |
-        zig/zig build -Dtarget=${{ matrix.ttriple }}
+      run: >
+        zig/zig build
+        -Dtarget=${{ matrix.ttriple }}
+        -Dbuild_shared_libs=${{ matrix.shared_libs }}