diff --git a/.dockerignore b/.dockerignore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d14bea4e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.dockerignore
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+build
+.dockerignore
+Dockerfile
diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..36922dc78
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+name: CI tests
+
+on: [push]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      max-parallel: 1
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7]
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Get Cmake version
+      run: |
+        cmake --version
+    - name: Update submodules
+      run: |
+        git submodule init
+        git submodule update
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get install libjansson-dev
+        sudo apt-get install libhdf5-dev
+        sudo apt-get install python3-dev
+        sudo apt-get install python3-numpy
+        sudo apt-get install python3-yaml
+        sudo apt-get install python3-psycopg2
+        sudo apt-get install swig3.0
+        sudo apt-get install doxygen
+        sudo apt-get install graphviz
+    - name: configure
+      run: |
+        mkdir build
+        cd build
+        cmake ..
+        cd -
+    - name: make
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        make
+        cd -
+    - name: make test
+      run: |
+        cd build
+        make test
+        cd -
diff --git a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
index 7fb8ae891..0dc4e1312 100644
--- a/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/bindings/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ project(dlite-bindings-python C)
 if(${CMAKE_VERSION} VERSION_GREATER_EQUAL "3.14")
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0078 OLD)
   cmake_policy(SET CMP0086 OLD)
+  #cmake_policy(SET CMP0079 NEW)
 endif()
 
 # Try to require correct version of swig depending on Python version
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ swig_add_library(dlite
   SOURCES dlite.i
   )
 
+#target_link_libraries(dlite
 swig_link_libraries(dlite
   dlite
   dlite-utils