diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux-packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/linux-packaging.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0cafbecf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux-packaging.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+name: Linux packaging check
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - 'app/linux/**'
+      - 'app/pubspec.yaml'
+      - 'app/pubspec.lock'
+      - 'tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh'
+      - '.github/workflows/release.yml'
+      - '.github/workflows/linux-packaging.yml'
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+concurrency:
+  group: linux-packaging-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  linux:
+    name: Compile Linux release
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: app
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Linux dependencies
+        run: bash ../tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh
+      - uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
+        with:
+          flutter-version: '3.41.2'
+          cache: true
+      - name: Install locked dependencies
+        run: flutter pub get --enforce-lockfile
+      - name: Compile Linux release
+        run: flutter build linux --release
diff --git a/.github/workflows/release.yml b/.github/workflows/release.yml
index f5aa5e1e..859acd4e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/release.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/release.yml
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       PAPYRUS_API_BASE_URL: ${{ vars.PAPYRUS_API_BASE_URL }}
       POWERSYNC_SERVICE_URL: ${{ vars.POWERSYNC_SERVICE_URL }}
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    runs-on: ubuntu-24.04
     defaults:
       run:
         working-directory: app
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
       - name: Install Linux dependencies
-        run: |
-          sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev liblzma-dev libstdc++-12-dev
+        run: bash ../tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh
 
       - name: Setup Flutter
         uses: subosito/flutter-action@v2
diff --git a/tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh b/tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..01282345
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/install_linux_build_dependencies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install -y \
+  clang cmake ninja-build pkg-config \
+  libgtk-3-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libsecret-1-dev \
+  liblzma-dev libstdc++-12-dev
+
+pkg-config --print-errors --exists gtk+-3.0 webkit2gtk-4.1 libsecret-1
+pkg-config --print-errors --atleast-version=0.18.4 libsecret-1