diff --git a/.github/workflows/darwin-tests.yaml b/.github/workflows/darwin-tests.yaml
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+on:
+  pull_request:
+    types:
+      - opened
+      - edited
+      - reopened
+      - synchronize
+
+name: Darwin tests
+jobs:
+  test:
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        go-version: [1.16.x, 1.17.x]
+        os: [macos-latest]
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    steps:
+    - name: Install Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      with:
+        go-version: ${{ matrix.go-version }}
+    - name: Checkout code
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Build utils
+      run: ./ci/darwin-test.sh
diff --git a/ci/darwin-test.sh b/ci/darwin-test.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2022 Apple Inc.
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set -e
+
+cidir=$(dirname "$0")
+runtimedir=$cidir/../src/runtime
+
+build_working_packages() {
+	# working packages:
+	device_api=$runtimedir/virtcontainers/device/api
+	device_config=$runtimedir/virtcontainers/device/config
+	device_drivers=$runtimedir/virtcontainers/device/drivers
+	device_manager=$runtimedir/virtcontainers/device/manager
+	rc_pkg_dir=$runtimedir/pkg/resourcecontrol/
+	utils_pkg_dir=$runtimedir/virtcontainers/utils
+
+	# broken packages :( :
+	#katautils=$runtimedir/pkg/katautils
+	#oci=$runtimedir/pkg/oci
+	#vc=$runtimedir/virtcontainers
+
+	pkgs=(
+		"$device_api"
+		"$device_config"
+		"$device_drivers"
+		"$device_manager"
+		"$utils_pkg_dir"
+		"$rc_pkg_dir")
+	for pkg in "${pkgs[@]}"; do
+		echo building "$pkg"
+		pushd "$pkg" &>/dev/null
+		go build
+		go test
+		popd &>/dev/null
+	done
+}
+
+build_working_packages