diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yaml b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
index 14a61531..76296dd3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yaml
@@ -41,10 +41,21 @@ jobs:
             apt-get install -q -y python3 automake libtool autotools-dev git make cmake pkg-config gcc wget xz-utils
 
           run: |
+            # Install jansson
+            cd jansson;
+            autoreconf -fi;
+            ./configure;
+            make;
+            make install;
+            cd ..
+
+            # Configure and Run libocispec
+            export JANSSON_CFLAGS=-I/usr/local/include;
+            export JANSSON_LIBS=/usr/local/lib/libjansson.so
             find $(pwd) -name '.git' -exec bash -c 'git config --global --add safe.directory ${0%/.git}' {} \;
-            ./autogen.sh --enable-embedded-yajl --enable-embedded-jansson
-            ./configure --enable-embedded-yajl --enable-embedded-jansson CFLAGS='-Wall -Wextra -Werror'
-            make -j $(nproc) distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-embedded-yajl --enable-embedded-jansson" AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET="" TESTS=""
+            ./autogen.sh --enable-embedded-yajl
+            ./configure --enable-embedded-yajl CFLAGS='-Wall -Wextra -Werror'
+            make -j $(nproc) distcheck DISTCHECK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS="--enable-embedded-yajl" AM_DISTCHECK_DVI_TARGET="" TESTS=""
             # check that the working dir is clean
             git describe --broken --dirty --all | grep -qv dirty
             make clean
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index bfafca2c..52bea956 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -273,6 +273,8 @@ sync:
 	(cd image-spec; git pull https://github.com/opencontainers/image-spec)
 	(cd runtime-spec; git pull https://github.com/opencontainers/runtime-spec)
 	(cd yajl; git pull https://github.com/containers/yajl main)
+	(cd jansson; git pull https://github.com/akheron/jansson master)
+	
 
 generate: src/runtime_spec_stamp src/image_spec_stamp src/image_manifest_stamp src/basic-test_stamp