diff --git a/.github/workflows/deb-packaging.yml b/.github/workflows/deb-packaging.yml
index 7106ed49b3f..2d72e017649 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deb-packaging.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deb-packaging.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
         path: artifacts
 
     - name: Build
-      uses: sillsdev/gha-ubuntu-packaging@4f3a013ec28f4defc2b3d6ecb04c98815cd9de25 # v0.9
+      uses: sillsdev/gha-ubuntu-packaging@1f4b7e7eacb8c82a4d874ee2c371b9bfef7e16ea # v1.0
       with:
         dist: "${{ matrix.dist }}"
         platform: "${{ matrix.arch }}"
diff --git a/linux/debian/rules b/linux/debian/rules
index 44d0cc6dbff..1abfbf004ae 100755
--- a/linux/debian/rules
+++ b/linux/debian/rules
@@ -30,17 +30,17 @@ override_dh_auto_configure:
 		--wrap-mode=nodownload --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc \
 		--localstatedir=/var --libdir=lib/$(DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH) \
 		--libexecdir=lib/$(DEB_TARGET_MULTIARCH)
-	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh configure -- \
-		--wrap-mode=nodownload --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
 	linux/keyman-system-service/build.sh configure -- \
 		--wrap-mode=nodownload --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
+	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh configure -- \
+		--wrap-mode=nodownload --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --localstatedir=/var
 	linux/keyman-config/build.sh configure
 
 override_dh_auto_build:
 	cp linux/keyman-config/resources/keyman.sharedmimeinfo debian/
 	core/build.sh --no-tests build:arch
-	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh build
 	linux/keyman-system-service/build.sh build
+	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh build
 	linux/keyman-config/build.sh build
 	cd linux/keyman-config && \
 		sed -i -e "s/^__pkgversion__ = \"[^\"]*\"/__pkgversion__ = \"$(DEB_VERSION)\"/g" keyman_config/version.py && \
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ override_dh_auto_build:
 override_dh_auto_test:
 ifeq (,$(filter nocheck,$(DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS)))
 	core/build.sh --no-tests test:arch
-	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh test
 	linux/keyman-system-service/build.sh test
+	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh test
 	linux/keyman-config/build.sh test
 endif
 
 override_dh_auto_install:
 	install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/tmp
 	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp core/build.sh --no-tests install:arch
-	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh install
 	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp linux/keyman-system-service/build.sh install
+	DESTDIR=$(CURDIR)/debian/tmp linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh install
 	# keyman-config
 	install -d $(CURDIR)/debian/keyman/usr/share/
 	cp -r linux/keyman-config/locale/ $(CURDIR)/debian/keyman/usr/share/
@@ -76,8 +76,8 @@ override_dh_missing:
 
 override_dh_auto_clean:
 	core/build.sh clean
-	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh clean
 	linux/keyman-system-service/build.sh clean
+	linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh clean
 	linux/keyman-config/build.sh clean
 	rm -rf .pybuild/
 	dh_auto_clean $@
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh b/linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh
index bc136546d63..c2c45deec15 100755
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/build.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ builder_describe \
   "install                   install artifacts" \
   "uninstall                 uninstall artifacts" \
   "@/core:arch" \
+  "@../keyman-system-service:service" \
   "--no-integration          don't run integration tests" \
   "--report                  create coverage report" \
   "--coverage                capture test coverage"
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/src/KeymanSystemServiceClient.cpp b/linux/ibus-keyman/src/KeymanSystemServiceClient.cpp
index 90f459d1a21..635c3ff22dd 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/src/KeymanSystemServiceClient.cpp
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/src/KeymanSystemServiceClient.cpp
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ void KeymanSystemServiceClient::SetCapsLockIndicator(guint32 capsLock) {
     KEYMAN_INTERFACE_NAME, "SetCapsLockIndicator", error, &msg, "b", capsLock);
   if (result < 0) {
     g_error("%s: Failed to call method SetCapsLockIndicator: %s. %s. %s.",
-      __FUNCTION__, strerror(-result), error->name, error->message);
+      __FUNCTION__, strerror(-result), error ? error->name : "-", error ? error->message : "-");
     return;
   }
 }
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ gint32 KeymanSystemServiceClient::GetCapsLockIndicator() {
     KEYMAN_INTERFACE_NAME, "GetCapsLockIndicator", error, &msg, "");
   if (result < 0) {
     g_error("%s: Failed to call method GetCapsLockIndicator: %s. %s. %s.",
-      __FUNCTION__, strerror(-result), error->name, error->message);
+      __FUNCTION__, strerror(-result), error ? error->name : "-", error ? error->message : "-");
     return -1;
   }
 
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/KmDbusTestServer.cpp b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/KmDbusTestServer.cpp
index 1d4746163d5..e64a9354d8b 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/KmDbusTestServer.cpp
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/KmDbusTestServer.cpp
@@ -139,6 +139,11 @@ void KmDbusTestServer::Loop()
 
 int
 main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
+  if (!g_file_test(KEYMAN_TEST_SERVICE_PATH, G_FILE_TEST_IS_DIR)) {
+    std::cerr << "ERROR: Directory " << KEYMAN_TEST_SERVICE_PATH << " doesn't exist! Exiting." << std::endl;
+    return 1;
+  }
+
   KmDbusTestServer testServer;
   testServer.Loop();
 
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/README.md b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/README.md
index 046333be9d4..a97f85d443e 100644
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/README.md
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ are stored in `~/.config/glib-2.0/settings/keyfile`.
 
 ## Running tests
 
-The tests get run as part of building `ibus-keyman`, more specifically when running `make check`.
+The tests get run as part of building `ibus-keyman`, more specifically when running `build.sh test`.
 
 ### Run all tests
 
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/run-tests.sh b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/run-tests.sh
index ae58705f110..00f36475776 100755
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/run-tests.sh
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/run-tests.sh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ function run_tests() {
   #shellcheck disable=SC2086
   "${G_TEST_BUILDDIR:-../../build/$(arch)/${CONFIG}/tests}/ibus-keyman-tests" ${ARG_K-} ${ARG_TAP-} \
     ${ARG_VERBOSE-} ${ARG_DEBUG-} ${ARG_SURROUNDING_TEXT-} ${ARG_NO_SURROUNDING_TEXT-} \
-    --directory "$TESTDIR" --"${DISPLAY_SERVER}" ${TESTFILES[@]}
+    --directory "$TESTDIR" "${DISPLAY_SERVER}" ${TESTFILES[@]}
   echo "# Finished tests."
 
   cleanup "$PID_FILE"
@@ -136,9 +136,9 @@ echo > "$PID_FILE"
 trap local_cleanup EXIT SIGINT
 
 if [ "$USE_WAYLAND" == "1" ]; then
-  ( run_tests wayland "$@" )
+  run_tests --wayland "$@"
 fi
 
 if [ "$USE_X11" == "1" ]; then
-  ( run_tests x11 "$@" )
+  run_tests --x11 "$@"
 fi
diff --git a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/test-helper.inc.sh b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/test-helper.inc.sh
index 9ea5ffe3fc1..ef1baac8786 100755
--- a/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/test-helper.inc.sh
+++ b/linux/ibus-keyman/tests/scripts/test-helper.inc.sh
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function cleanup() {
   if [ -f "$PID_FILE" ]; then
     echo
     echo "# Shutting down processes..."
-    bash "$PID_FILE" > /dev/null 2>&1
+    bash "$PID_FILE" # > /dev/null 2>&1
     rm "$PID_FILE"
     echo "# Finished shutdown of processes."
   fi
diff --git a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
index 596ba48bcd4..66da8f98914 100644
--- a/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
+++ b/linux/keyman-system-service/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 project('keyman-system-service', 'c', 'cpp',
         version: run_command('cat', '../../VERSION.md', check: true).stdout().strip(),
         license: 'GPL-2+',
-        meson_version: '>=1.0')
+        meson_version: '>=0.61')
 
 evdev    = dependency('libevdev', version: '>= 1.9')
 systemd  = dependency('libsystemd')
diff --git a/linux/scripts/reconf.sh b/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
index 4e4f5c1b115..49dfe21b1d0 100755
--- a/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
+++ b/linux/scripts/reconf.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-set -e
+set -eu
 
 ## START STANDARD BUILD SCRIPT INCLUDE
 # adjust relative paths as necessary
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ echo "Found tier ${TIER}, version ${VERSION}"
 cd ../core
 ./build.sh --no-tests clean:arch configure:arch build:arch
 
+# Building ibus-keyman will also build dependency keyman-system-service
 cd "$BASEDIR/ibus-keyman"
 ./build.sh clean configure
 
 cd "$BASEDIR/keyman-config"
 ./build.sh clean
 
-cd keyman_config
+cd "$BASEDIR/keyman-config/keyman_config"
 sed \
     -e "s/_VERSION_/${VERSION}/g" \
     -e "s/_VERSIONWITHTAG_/${VERSION_WITH_TAG}/g" \