diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-conda.yml b/.github/workflows/ci-conda.yml
index 7b06217e295..c86c2c1b558 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-conda.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-conda.yml
@@ -91,6 +91,12 @@ jobs:
           pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps --config-settings editable_mode=compat -v -v -e ./src
         env:
           SAGE_NUM_THREADS: 5
+        
+      - name: Build optional modules
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          mamba install -y bliss
+          pip install --no-build-isolation --no-deps -v -v ./pkgs/sagemath-bliss
 
       - name: Verify dependencies
         if: success() || failure()
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/MANIFEST.in b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/MANIFEST.in
index 2572c2b46f7..f5cbebc729c 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/MANIFEST.in
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/MANIFEST.in
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@ prune sage
 
 include VERSION.txt
 
+# include sage_setup
+recursive-include sage_setup *
+prune sage_setup/autogen/flint*
+exclude sage_setup/autogen/flint*
+exclude sage_setup/autogen/giacpy*
+
 graft sage/graphs/bliss_cpp
 include sage/graphs/bliss.p*
 
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/pyproject.toml.m4 b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/pyproject.toml.m4
index 40bfebf2489..6b8671de85c 100644
--- a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/pyproject.toml.m4
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/pyproject.toml.m4
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ include(`sage_spkg_versions_toml.m4')dnl' -*- conf-toml -*-
 # Minimum requirements for the build system to execute.
 requires = [
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_setuptools
-    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sage_conf
-    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sage_setup
-    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagemath_environment
+    SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_sagelib
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cython
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_cysignals
     SPKG_INSTALL_REQUIRES_pkgconfig
diff --git a/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/sage_setup b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/sage_setup
new file mode 120000
index 00000000000..88b8133df49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/sagemath-bliss/sage_setup
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+../../src/sage_setup
\ No newline at end of file