diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index c778263a..ea20a9eb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ jobs:
       run: tools/pcommand install_pip_reqs
     - name: Build spinoff project with no featuresets
       run: make spinoff-test-empty
+    - name: Build spinoff project with only base featureset
+      run: make spinoff-test-base
       
   # Most of our toolset doesn't work on raw Windows without WSL set up,
   # but we can bootstrap enough to run a few things manually. It's nice to