diff --git a/.circleci/config.yml b/.circleci/config.yml
index bce9f166be1b835f0da690d1ec154371daa3ae2d..1ebf6def4827d70c9321d2f504d60842d78e0234 100644
--- a/.circleci/config.yml
+++ b/.circleci/config.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ jobs:
       - run: ./download_zig.sh 0.8.0-dev.1127+6a5a6386c
       - run: zig version
       - run: zig env
+      - run: zig build -Dbootstrap
+      - run: ./zig-cache/bin/zigmod fetch
       - run: ./build_all_zig.sh
       - store_artifacts:
           path: ./zig-cache/bin/