diff --git a/.github/workflows/generic-dev.yml b/.github/workflows/generic-dev.yml
index 3f564878b..4f0a677be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/generic-dev.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/generic-dev.yml
@@ -40,7 +40,9 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: make check on 32-bit
-      run: CFLAGS="-m32 -O1 -fstack-protector" make test V=1
+      run: |
+        make libc6install
+        CFLAGS="-m32 -O1 -fstack-protector" make test V=1
 
   gcc-6-7-libzstd:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest