diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yaml b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
index 356e01e..67d6cee 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yaml
@@ -19,6 +19,10 @@ jobs:
     steps:
     - name: Checkout source code
       uses: actions/checkout@v4
+    - name: Install build deps
+      run: |
+        sudo apt-get update
+        sudo apt-get -y install openmpi-bin libopenmpi-dev
     - name: Setup Python
       uses: actions/setup-python@v5
       with: