diff --git a/.github/workflows/compile-boost/action.yml b/.github/workflows/compile-boost/action.yml
index 9d25a87a0..5b60cfca3 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/compile-boost/action.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/compile-boost/action.yml
@@ -15,6 +15,6 @@ runs:
       wget https://github.com/boostorg/boost/releases/download/boost-1.81.0/boost-1.81.0.tar.gz
       tar xvf boost-1.81.0.tar.gz
       cd boost-1.81.0
-      ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=${{inputs.prefix}}/ --with-libraries=serialization,program_options,mpi
+      ./bootstrap.sh --prefix=${{inputs.prefix}}/ --with-libraries=serialization,program_options,mpi,test
       echo "using mpi ;" >> project-config.jam
       ./b2 install