diff --git a/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..38ec05a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/c-cpp.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+name: C/C++ CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ fix-dist-check ]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: configure
+      run: |
+        for t in autogen.sh configure
+        do sh "$t"
+        done
+    - name: make
+      run: make
+    - name: make check
+      run: make check
+    - name: make distcheck
+      run: make distcheck
+      continue-on-error: true
+    - name: upload test log
+      uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2.2.3
+      with:
+        name: test-log
+        path: fakechroot-2.20.2/_build/sub/test/test-suite.log
diff --git a/test/bin/fakechroot b/test/bin/fakechroot
index 315cb100..122c991c 100755
--- a/test/bin/fakechroot
+++ b/test/bin/fakechroot
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 
 pwd=`dirname $0`
-abs_top_srcdir=${abs_top_srcdir:-`cd "$pwd/../.." 2>/dev/null && pwd -P`}
+abs_top_srcdir=${abs_top_srcdir:-`cd ".." 2>/dev/null && pwd -P`}
 
 PATH="/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/sbin"
 export PATH