diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0127982ef..85ee5ccbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,23 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run linters
         run: pdm lint --diff
 
+  build:
+    name: Test build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - uses: pdm-project/setup-pdm@v3
+        with:
+          python-version: 3.9
+          cache: true
+          cache-dependency-path: ./pyproject.toml
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pdm install --dev
+      - name: Build package
+        run: pdm build
+      - name: Test build
+        run: pdm run pytest --check-build=dist  pelican/tests/build_test
+
   docs:
     name: Build docs
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -84,7 +101,7 @@ jobs:
   deploy:
     name: Deploy
     environment: Deployment
-    needs: [test, lint, docs]
+    needs: [test, lint, docs, build]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     if: github.ref=='refs/heads/master' && github.event_name!='pull_request' && github.repository == 'getpelican/pelican'
 
diff --git a/pelican/tests/build_test/conftest.py b/pelican/tests/build_test/conftest.py
index 548f79704..b1d1a54b9 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/build_test/conftest.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/build_test/conftest.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 def pytest_addoption(parser):
     parser.addoption(
-        "--check-wheel",
+        "--check-build",
         action="store",
         default=False,
         help="Check wheel contents.",
diff --git a/pelican/tests/build_test/test_build_files.py b/pelican/tests/build_test/test_build_files.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2b51d3624
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pelican/tests/build_test/test_build_files.py
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+from re import match
+import tarfile
+from pathlib import Path
+from zipfile import ZipFile
+
+import pytest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    "not config.getoption('--check-build')",
+    reason="Only run when --check-build is given",
+)
+def test_wheel_contents(pytestconfig):
+    """
+    This test should test the contents of the wheel to make sure
+    that everything that is needed is included in the final build
+    """
+    dist_folder = pytestconfig.getoption("--check-build")
+    wheels = Path(dist_folder).rglob("*.whl")
+    for wheel_file in wheels:
+        files_list = ZipFile(wheel_file).namelist()
+        # Check if theme files are copied to wheel
+        simple_theme = Path("./pelican/themes/simple/templates")
+        for x in simple_theme.iterdir():
+            assert str(x) in files_list
+
+        # Check if tool templates are copied to wheel
+        tools = Path("./pelican/tools/templates")
+        for x in tools.iterdir():
+            assert str(x) in files_list
+
+        assert "pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2" in files_list
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(
+    "not config.getoption('--check-build')",
+    reason="Only run when --check-build is given",
+)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "expected_file",
+    [
+        ("THANKS"),
+        ("README.rst"),
+        ("CONTRIBUTING.rst"),
+        ("docs/changelog.rst"),
+        ("samples/"),
+    ],
+)
+def test_sdist_contents(pytestconfig, expected_file):
+    """
+    This test should test the contents of the source distribution to make sure
+    that everything that is needed is included in the final build.
+    """
+    dist_folder = pytestconfig.getoption("--check-build")
+    sdist_files = Path(dist_folder).rglob("*.tar.gz")
+    for dist in sdist_files:
+        files_list = tarfile.open(dist, "r:gz").getnames()
+        dir_matcher = ""
+        if expected_file.endswith("/"):
+            dir_matcher = ".*"
+        filtered_values = [
+            path
+            for path in files_list
+            if match(f"^pelican-\d\.\d\.\d/{expected_file}{dir_matcher}$", path)
+        ]
+        assert len(filtered_values) > 0
diff --git a/pelican/tests/build_test/test_wheel.py b/pelican/tests/build_test/test_wheel.py
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e643981f..000000000
--- a/pelican/tests/build_test/test_wheel.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-from pathlib import Path
-import pytest
-from zipfile import ZipFile
-
-
-@pytest.mark.skipif(
-    "not config.getoption('--check-wheel')",
-    reason="Only run when --check-wheel is given",
-)
-def test_wheel_contents(pytestconfig):
-    """
-    This test, should test the contents of the wheel to make sure,
-    that everything that is needed is included in the final build
-    """
-    wheel_file = pytestconfig.getoption("--check-wheel")
-    assert wheel_file.endswith(".whl")
-    files_list = ZipFile(wheel_file).namelist()
-    # Check if theme files are copied to wheel
-    simple_theme = Path("./pelican/themes/simple/templates")
-    for x in simple_theme.iterdir():
-        assert str(x) in files_list
-
-    # Check if tool templates are copied to wheel
-    tools = Path("./pelican/tools/templates")
-    for x in tools.iterdir():
-        assert str(x) in files_list
-
-    assert "pelican/tools/templates/tasks.py.jinja2" in files_list