diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
index b6309f2..185d83e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yaml
@@ -10,18 +10,32 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   test:
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     strategy:
+      fail-test: false
       matrix:
-        os: [ubuntu-latest]
+        os: [ubuntu:latest, archlinux:latest]
+    container:
+      image: ${{ matrix.os }}
     steps:
       - name: checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v1
         with:
           fetch-depth: 1
 
-      - name: install zsh
-        run: sudo apt-get install -y zsh
+      - name: install dependencies
+        run:
+          case "${{ matrix.os }}" in
+            "ubuntu:latest")
+              sudo apt-get install -y zsh git curl build-essential autoconf libncurses-dev
+              ;;
+            "archlinux:latest"
+              sudo pacman -Syu --noconfirm
+              sudo pacman -S --noconfirm zsh base-devel git
+              ;;
+            *)
+              ;;
+          fi
 
       - name: test completion
         run: cd test && zsh -f runtests.zsh fzftab.ztst