diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
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+name: CI
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ main ]
+
+defaults:
+  run:
+    shell: bash
+
+jobs:
+  compat:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        zig: [ 0.6.0, 0.7.0, 0.8.0, 0.9.0, 0.10.0 ]
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+    - name: Setup Zig
+      uses: goto-bus-stop/setup-zig@v2
+      with:
+        version: ${{ matrix.zig }}
+
+    - name: Check compatibility with old Zig compilers
+      run: ci/compat.sh
diff --git a/ci/compat.sh b/ci/compat.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+# This script checks that `zig build` will return an useful error message when
+# the Zig compiler is not compatible, instead of failing due to a syntax error.
+#
+# This script should be run on an UNIX system.
+
+zig_version=$(zig version)
+
+zig build -Dn=1 -Dhealed &> /dev/null 2>&1
+zig_ret=$?
+
+if [ "$zig_ret" -eq 0 ]; then
+    printf "zig %s unexpectedly succeeded\n" "$zig_version"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+zig_error=$(zig build -Dn=1 -Dhealed 2>&1)
+
+echo "$zig_error" | grep -q "it looks like your version of zig is too old"
+zig_ret=$?
+
+if [ "$zig_ret" -ne 0 ]; then
+    printf "zig %s is not compatible\n" "$zig_version"
+    exit 1
+fi