diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 2cd908f9e..c9e4c25ea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -193,3 +193,11 @@ jobs:
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
       - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
       - run: nix build -L .#hydraJobs.tests.githubFlakes .#hydraJobs.tests.tarballFlakes .#hydraJobs.tests.functional_user
+
+  meson_build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/nix-installer-action@main
+      - uses: DeterminateSystems/magic-nix-cache-action@main
+      - run: nix build -L .#hydraJobs.build.{nix-fetchers,nix-store,nix-util}.$(nix-instantiate --eval --expr builtins.currentSystem | sed -e 's/"//g')
diff --git a/src/libutil/meson.build b/src/libutil/meson.build
index 2259d4e22..9d0b28539 100644
--- a/src/libutil/meson.build
+++ b/src/libutil/meson.build
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ sources = files(
   'compression.cc',
   'compute-levels.cc',
   'config.cc',
+  'config-global.cc',
   'current-process.cc',
   'english.cc',
   'environment-variables.cc',
@@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ headers = [config_h] + files(
   'comparator.hh',
   'compression.hh',
   'compute-levels.hh',
+  'config-global.hh',
   'config-impl.hh',
   'config.hh',
   'current-process.hh',