diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30b184ff3b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_wheels.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+name: Build wheels
+
+on:
+  # allows running workflows manually
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - develop
+    paths-ignore:
+      - docs/**
+
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - scikit-build-core
+    paths-ignore:
+      - docs/**
+
+jobs:
+  main:
+    name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Additional macOS settings
+        if: matrix.os == 'macos-13' || matrix.os == 'macos-14'
+        shell: bash -l {0}
+        run: |
+          echo "FC=$(which gfortran-13)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+          # hdf5 is needed for building tables
+          brew install hdf5
+
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Build wheels
+        uses: pypa/cibuildwheel@v2.18.0
+        env:
+          CIBW_BUILD_VERBOSITY: 1
+        with:
+          package-dir: .
+          output-dir: wheelhouse
+          config-file: "{package}/pyproject.toml"
+
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          name: cibw-wheels-${{ matrix.os }}-${{ strategy.job-index }}
+          path: ./wheelhouse/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/quick_wheel_test.yml b/.github/workflows/quick_wheel_test.yml
index 0ba4ca870a..c438b0d4ed 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/quick_wheel_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/quick_wheel_test.yml
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ on:
 
 jobs:
   main:
+    name: Build wheels on ${{ matrix.os }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
         os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-13, macos-14]
 
-    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
-
     steps:
       - name: Additional macOS settings
         if: matrix.os == 'macos-13' || matrix.os == 'macos-14'