diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 6079ba45d6..7a2cd2a9f9 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -45,3 +45,10 @@ jobs:
        make clean
        ./configure --enable-linuxdvb --enable-dvbca --enable-dvbcsa --enable-netcv --enable-dvbapi --enable-axe CC=clang
        make
+
+    - name: Build with --enable-axe, without libssl-dev
+      run: |
+       apt-get -y remove --purge libssl-dev
+       make clean
+       ./configure --enable-axe --enable-dvbapi --enable-dvbcsa --disable-dvbca --disable-dvbaes --disable-netcv
+       make