diff --git a/.github/workflows/meson.yml b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
index 82551bc0b9..44e1436c6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/meson.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/meson.yml
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ env:
     autoconf \
     automake \
     bison \
-    file \
     flex \
     docbook-xsl \
     libacl1-dev \
@@ -56,49 +55,32 @@ env:
 
 jobs:
   build-ubuntu:
-    if: false
     name: Ubuntu
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
       - name: Install dependencies
         run: |
-          apt-get update
-          apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends \
-            bison \
-            default-libmysqlclient-dev \
-            flex \
-            gcc \
-            libacl1-dev \
-            libavahi-client-dev \
-            libcrack2-dev \
-            libdb-dev \
-            libdbus-1-dev \
-            libdbus-glib-1-dev \
-            libevent-dev \
-            libgcrypt-dev \
-            libglib2.0-dev \
-            libkrb5-dev \
-            libldap2-dev \
-            libltdl-dev \
-            libpam0g-dev \
-            libssl-dev \
-            libtalloc-dev \
-            libtracker-sparql-3.0-dev \
-            libwrap0-dev \
-            meson \
-            ninja-build \
-            systemtap-sdt-dev \
-            tcpd \
-            tracker
+          sudo apt-get update
+          sudo apt-get install --assume-yes --no-install-recommends ${{ env.APT_PACKAGES }}
+      - name: Bootstrap
+        run: ./bootstrap
       - name: Configure
         run: |
-          meson setup build \
-            -Dbuild-tests=true
+          ./configure \
+            --enable-krbV-uam \
+            --enable-pgp-uam \
+            --with-cracklib \
+            --with-docbook=/usr/share/xml/docbook/stylesheet/docbook-xsl \
+            --with-tracker-pkgconfig-version=3.0
+      - name: Generate man pages
+        run: make html
       - name: Build
-        run: ninja -C build
+        run: make -j $(nproc) all
       - name: Run tests
-        run: cd build && meson test
+        run: make check
+      - name: Run distribution tests
+        run: make distcheck
 
   build-debian:
     name: Debian