diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..79c274df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+name: xml2js tests
+on: [ push ]
+jobs:
+  test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        node-version: [ 'current', 'lts/*', 'lts/-1' ]
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v3
+      - name: Setup Node ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - run: npm ci
+      - run: npm run build-ci
+      - run: npm run build-ci-tests
+      - run: npm run coverage
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69b51c5f..bdbf7529 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ node_modules
 npm-debug.log
 .nyc_output
 coverage
+test/*.js
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Cakefile b/Cakefile
index 83b1e84e..ec9c9c56 100644
--- a/Cakefile
+++ b/Cakefile
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ task 'build', 'continually build the JavaScript code', ->
   coffee = spawn coffeeScript, ['-cw', '-o', 'lib', 'src']
   coffee.stdout.on 'data', (data) -> console.log data.toString().trim()
 
+task 'build-ci', 'build the JavaScript code', ->
+  coffeeScript = if process.platform == 'win32' then 'coffee.cmd' else 'coffee'
+  coffee = spawn coffeeScript, ['-c', '-o', 'lib', 'src']
+
+task 'build-ci-tests', 'build the tests', ->
+  coffeeScript = if process.platform == 'win32' then 'coffee.cmd' else 'coffee'
+  coffee = spawn coffeeScript, ['-c', '-o', 'test', 'test']
+
 task 'doc', 'rebuild the Docco documentation', ->
   exec([
     'docco src/xml2js.coffee'
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 7bde0538..ff58405b 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "build": "cake build",
+    "build-ci": "cake build-ci",
+    "build-ci-tests": "cake build-ci-tests",
     "test": "zap",
     "coverage": "nyc npm test && nyc report",
     "coveralls": "nyc npm test && nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",