diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 91718b8c0..4dcd0a4f1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -37,9 +37,45 @@ jobs:
         run: tox
 
 
+  images:
+    name: Build Image - ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runtime:
+          - docker
+          - podman
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Build Container Image
+        run: ${{ matrix.runtime }} build --rm=true -t   images:
+    name: Build Image - ${{ matrix.runtime }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        runtime:
+          - docker
+          - podman
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Build Container Image
+        run: ${{ matrix.runtime }} build --rm=true -t quay.io/ansible/ansible-runner:devel -t quay.io/ansible/ansible-runner:latest .
+
+
   integration:
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
     name: Integration - ${{ matrix.py_version.name }}
+    needs: images
 
     env:
       TOXENV: ${{ matrix.py_version.tox_env }}