diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e51f9ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# Copyright 2024 ETH Zurich and University of Bologna.
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0, see LICENSE for details.
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+name: Test PyFlexFloat library
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: Build and test package
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: recursive
+      - name: Build
+        run: pip install .
+      - name: Test
+        run: ./test/test.py
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index c5d4546..80a9a62 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 [build-system]
 requires = [
-    "setuptools>=60",
+    "setuptools>=65",
     "setuptools-scm>=8.0",
-    "cmake_build_extension==0.5.2.dev15",
     "cffi"
 ]
 build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 436ae79..e5b427d 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 #
 # Author: Luca Colagrande <colluca@iis.ee.ethz.ch>
 import setuptools
-import cmake_build_extension
 import subprocess
 from pathlib import Path