diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-cachelib-centos-long.yml b/.github/workflows/build-cachelib-centos-long.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..92165f603b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-cachelib-centos-long.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: build-cachelib-centos-latest
+on:
+  schedule:
+    - cron:  '0 7 * * *'
+    
+jobs:
+  build-cachelib-centos8-latest:
+    name: "CentOS/latest - Build CacheLib with all dependencies"
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    # Docker container image name
+    container: "centos:latest"
+    steps:
+      - name: "update packages"
+        run: dnf upgrade -y
+      - name: "install sudo,git"
+        run: dnf install -y sudo git cmake gcc
+      - name: "System Information"
+        run: |
+          echo === uname ===
+          uname -a
+          echo === /etc/os-release ===
+          cat /etc/os-release
+          echo === df -hl ===
+          df -hl
+          echo === free -h ===
+          free -h
+          echo === top ===
+          top -b -n1 -1 -Eg || timeout 1 top -b -n1
+          echo === env ===
+          env
+          echo === gcc -v ===
+          gcc -v
+      - name: "checkout sources"
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: "build CacheLib using build script"
+        run: ./contrib/build.sh -j -v -T
+      - name: "run tests"
+        timeout-minutes: 60
+        run: cd opt/cachelib/tests && ../../../run_tests.sh long
diff --git a/run_tests.sh b/run_tests.sh
index baa9bfee0a..9a54cf442b 100755
--- a/run_tests.sh
+++ b/run_tests.sh
@@ -7,4 +7,8 @@ common-test-TimeTests
 common-test-UtilTests
 shm-test-test_page_size"
 
-find -type f \( -not -name "*bench*" -and -not -name "navy*" \) -executable | grep -vF "$BLACKLIST" | xargs -n1 bash -c
+if [ "$1" == "long" ]; then
+    find -type f -executable | grep -vF "$BLACKLIST" | xargs -n1 bash -c
+else
+    find -type f \( -not -name "*bench*" -and -not -name "navy*" \) -executable | grep -vF "$BLACKLIST" | xargs -n1 bash -c
+fi