diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
index b55b361ed9e54e70c3ef2b55c7a8c135e6907128..75aa720015e22ebca805cdc0df44e9ac38197e63 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,9 @@ jobs:
         flake8 . --count --select=E9,F63,F7,F82 --show-source --statistics
         # exit-zero treats all errors as warnings. The GitHub editor is 127 chars wide
         flake8 . --count --exit-zero --max-complexity=10 --max-line-length=127 --statistics
+    - name: Install as package
+      run: |
+        python setup.py develop
     - name: Test with pytest
       run: |
         pytest