diff --git a/.github/workflows/push.yml b/.github/workflows/push.yml
index 7431cda4d106d..4f3c47359f3c6 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/push.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/push.yml
@@ -396,6 +396,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         node-version: [ 20.x ]
+        python-version: [ 3.11 ]
       fail-fast: false
 
     steps:
@@ -421,6 +422,10 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/setup-node@v4
         with:
           node-version: ${{ matrix.node-version }}
+      - name: Install Python
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v5
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Get yarn cache directory path
         id: yarn-cache-dir-path
         run: echo "dir=$(yarn cache dir)" >> "$GITHUB_OUTPUT"
@@ -448,6 +453,11 @@ jobs:
         uses: GoodManWEN/oracle-client-action@main
       - name: Build client
         run: yarn build
+      - name: Build cubejs-backend-native (with Python)
+        run: yarn run native:build-release-python
+        working-directory: ./packages/cubejs-backend-native
+        env:
+          PYO3_PYTHON: python${{ matrix.python-version }}
       - name: Lerna tsc
         run: yarn tsc
       - name: Download cubestored-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu-release artifact