diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 7af29ae3..2600b274 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -64,6 +64,50 @@ jobs:
          command: BUILD_VERSIONS=28 bash scripts/docker-outer.sh
       - *persist_to_workspace
 
+  build-test-22-devel:
+    executor: python-executor
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - setup_remote_docker
+      - run:
+          name: Install cpplint
+          command: sudo pip install cpplint
+      - run:
+          name: Set up version
+          command: bash scripts/version.sh
+      - run:
+         name: Call cpplint; expected to fail, so set things up to pass
+         command: |
+           set +eo pipefail
+           /usr/local/bin/cpplint --filter=-whitespace/line_length src/*
+           true
+      - run:
+         name: Build the packages
+         command: BUILD_VERSIONS=22 DEVEL=-devel bash scripts/docker-outer.sh
+      - *persist_to_workspace
+
+  build-test-28-devel:
+    executor: python-executor
+    steps:
+      - checkout
+      - setup_remote_docker
+      - run:
+          name: Install cpplint
+          command: sudo pip install cpplint
+      - run:
+          name: Set up version
+          command: bash scripts/version.sh
+      - run:
+         name: Call cpplint; expected to fail, so set things up to pass
+         command: |
+           set +eo pipefail
+           /usr/local/bin/cpplint --filter=-whitespace/line_length src/*
+           true
+      - run:
+         name: Build the packages
+         command: BUILD_VERSIONS=28 DEVEL=-devel bash scripts/docker-outer.sh
+      - *persist_to_workspace
+
   deploy-dev:
     executor: ruby-executor
     steps:
@@ -94,6 +138,22 @@ workflows:
     jobs:
       - build-test-22
       - build-test-28
+      - build-test-22-devel:
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              ignore:
+                - dev
+                - yolo
+                - stage
+                - master
+      - build-test-28-devel:
+          filters:
+            branches:
+              ignore:
+                - dev
+                - yolo
+                - stage
+                - master
       - deploy-dev:
           requires:
             - build-test-22
diff --git a/scripts/docker-inner.sh b/scripts/docker-inner.sh
index 9e14c7f9..6c963605 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-inner.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-inner.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/bin/sh
+#!/bin/bash
 #
 #
 set -ex
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ rpm_dir=$2
 build=$3
 epoch=$4
 
+devel=
+if [[ "$fusedav_channel" == *-devel ]]; then
+    devel=true
+fi
+
 fedora_release=$(rpm -q --queryformat '%{VERSION}\n' fedora-release)
 GITSHA=$(git log -1 --format="%h")
 name="fusedav-$fusedav_channel"
@@ -64,6 +69,11 @@ if [ "1" != "$?" ] ; then
 fi
 set -e
 
+# just a way to pack sources and tests into the rpm
+if [[ -n $devel ]]; then
+    cp -r -t $install_prefix src tests
+fi
+
 mv /usr/local/bin/fusedav $install_prefix/$name
 cp $bin/exec_wrapper/mount.fusedav_chan /usr/sbin/mount.$name
 chmod 755 /usr/sbin/mount.$name
diff --git a/scripts/docker-outer.sh b/scripts/docker-outer.sh
index aacba7e5..29eae49a 100755
--- a/scripts/docker-outer.sh
+++ b/scripts/docker-outer.sh
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ RUN_ARGS="--rm"
 # set a default build -> 0 for when it doesn't exist
 CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM=${CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM:-0}
 
+DEVEL=${DEVEL:-}
+
 # location to mount the source in the container
 inner_mount="/fusedav"
 
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ for ver in $BUILD_VERSIONS; do
     $docker pull $build_image
 
     channel=$(tr -d "\n\r" < $bin/../CHANNEL)
-    exec_cmd="$inner_mount/scripts/docker-inner.sh $channel $inner_mount/pkg $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM $epoch"
+    exec_cmd="$inner_mount/scripts/docker-inner.sh $channel$DEVEL $inner_mount/pkg $CIRCLE_BUILD_NUM $epoch"
     if [ -n "$BUILD_DEBUG" ] ; then
       RUN_ARGS="$RUN_ARGS -ti "
       exec_cmd="/bin/bash"