diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index fd855205d..dedeed6a7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ jobs:
           --enable-linuxspi
       - name: Build
         run: make -C _ambuild -j$(nproc)
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: _ambuild/avrdude -?
       - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
         run: printf "\n\n" | ./tools/test-avrdude -v -e _ambuild/avrdude -c '-C _ambuild/avrdude.conf' -d0 -p"-cdryrun -pm2560" -p"-cdryrun -pavr64du28"
       - name: Install
@@ -116,6 +118,8 @@ jobs:
           -B build
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: build/src/avrdude -?
       - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
         run: printf "\n\n" | ./tools/test-avrdude -v -e build/src/avrdude -c '-C build/src/avrdude.conf' -d0 -p"-cdryrun -pm2560" -p"-cdryrun -pavr64du28"
       - name: Install
@@ -188,6 +192,8 @@ jobs:
           -B build
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: build/avrdude -?
       - name: Archive build artifacts
         if: always()
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
@@ -235,6 +241,8 @@ jobs:
           -B build
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: build/src/avrdude -?
       - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
         run: printf "\n\n" | ./tools/test-avrdude -v -e build/src/avrdude -c '-C build/src/avrdude.conf' -d0 -p"-cdryrun -pm2560" -p"-cdryrun -pavr64du28"
       - name: Archive build artifacts
@@ -286,6 +294,8 @@ jobs:
           
       - name: Build
         run: make -C _ambuild -j$(nproc)
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: _ambuild/avrdude -?
       - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
         run: printf "\n\n" | ./tools/test-avrdude -v -e _ambuild/avrdude -c '-C _ambuild/avrdude.conf' -d0 -p"-cdryrun -pm2560" -p"-cdryrun -pavr64du28"
 
@@ -320,6 +330,8 @@ jobs:
           -B build
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build --config ${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: build/src/${{env.BUILD_TYPE}}/avrdude.exe -?
       - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
         # FIXME: Skip running avrdude.
         #        The exe file on arm64 is not runnable - x86_64 perhaps?
@@ -391,6 +403,8 @@ jobs:
           -B build
       - name: Build
         run: cmake --build build
+      - name: "avrdude --help (not installed)"
+        run: build/avrdude -?
       # Disabled so far due to problems writing to temp files.
       # - name: "Dryrun test (not installed)"
       #   run: printf "\n\n" | ./tools/test-avrdude -v -e build/src/avrdude.exe -c "-C build/src/avrdude.conf" -d0 -p"-cdryrun -pm2560" -p"-cdryrun -pavr64du28"