diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index 64c5199a..fee2712f 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -10,4 +10,18 @@ jobs:
           command: apt update -y
       - run:
           name: install dependencies
-          command: sudo apt install libssl-dev libyaml-dev libncurses-dev libc-ares-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libjq-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc rpm linux-headers-$(uname -r) libelf-dev -y
+          command: apt install libssl-dev libyaml-dev libncurses-dev libc-ares-dev libprotobuf-dev protobuf-compiler libjq-dev libyaml-cpp-dev libgrpc++-dev protobuf-compiler-grpc rpm linux-headers-$(uname -r) libelf-dev cmake build-essential libcurl4-openssl-dev -y
+      - run:
+          name: build all
+          command: |
+            mkdir build
+            pushd build
+            cmake ..
+            make -j4 all
+            popd
+      - run:
+          name: run unit tests
+          command: |
+            pushd build
+            make tests
+            popd