diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index f34d900c..4962ae13 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ jobs:
           sudo apt-get update
           sudo apt-get -y --no-install-recommends install \
             check \
-            valgrind \
-            libtool-bin
+            libtool-bin \
+            meson \
+            valgrind
 
       - name: Check out repository code
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
@@ -179,6 +180,7 @@ jobs:
             libtool \
             linux-headers \
             make \
+            meson \
             musl-dev \
             pkgconfig
 
@@ -193,7 +195,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           set -x
 
-          export CC="${{ matrix.cc }}"
           export CFLAGS="-DNL_MORE_ASSERTS=1000 -O2 -Werror -std=gnu11 -fexceptions"
           if [ "$CC" = "clang" ]; then
                   CFLAGS="$CFLAGS -Wno-error=unused-command-line-argument -Wno-error=unused-function"
@@ -220,4 +221,5 @@ jobs:
             # (odd).
             # tests/check-all
             # make -j 15 check || (cat ./test-suite.log; false)
+            make check-local-c-list
           done
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 8411d644..49774d13 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1184,6 +1184,31 @@ endif
 
 ###############################################################################
 
+check-local-c-list:
+	"$(srcdir)/tools/check-c-list.sh"
+
+check_local += check-local-c-list
+
+CLEANFILES += ./c-list-build/
+
+EXTRA_DIST += tools/check-c-list.sh
+
+EXTRA_DIST += \
+	third_party/c-list/AUTHORS \
+	third_party/c-list/.editorconfig \
+	third_party/c-list/.github/workflows/ci.yml \
+	third_party/c-list/meson.build \
+	third_party/c-list/NEWS.md \
+	third_party/c-list/README.md \
+	third_party/c-list/src/c-list.h \
+	third_party/c-list/src/meson.build \
+	third_party/c-list/src/test-api.c \
+	third_party/c-list/src/test-basic.c \
+	third_party/c-list/src/test-embed.c \
+	$(NULL)
+
+###############################################################################
+
 check-local: $(check_build) $(check_local)
 
 .PHONY: $(check_local)
diff --git a/tools/check-c-list.sh b/tools/check-c-list.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..74b13ab0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/check-c-list.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+
+set -ex
+
+print_and_exit() {
+	local err="$1"
+	shift
+	printf '%s\n' "$*"
+	exit "$err"
+}
+
+die() {
+	print_and_exit 1 "$@"
+}
+
+command -v meson &>/dev/null || print_and_exit 0 "skip: meson not available"
+command -v ninja &>/dev/null || print_and_exit 0 "skip: ninja not available"
+
+BUILDDIR="$PWD"
+SRCDIR="$(dirname "$0")/.."
+
+_BUILDDIR="$BUILDDIR/build-c-list"
+_SRCDIR="$SRCDIR/third_party/c-list"
+
+if [ ! -d "$_BUILDDIR" ] ; then
+    meson setup "$_BUILDDIR" "$_SRCDIR" || die "meson failed"
+    ninja -C "$_BUILDDIR" || die "failed build"
+fi
+
+ninja -C "$_BUILDDIR" test || die "c-list tests failed"