diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..edc6062493
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-buildtest.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+name: tools-buildtest
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  tools-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - name: Build flatc standalone
+      uses: aabadie/riot-action@v1
+      with:
+        cmd: make -C dist/tools/flatc
+    - name: Build mosquitto_rsmb standalone
+      uses: aabadie/riot-action@v1
+      with:
+        cmd: make -C dist/tools/mosquitto_rsmb
+    - name: Build stm32 spi_divtable
+      uses: aabadie/riot-action@v1
+      with:
+        cmd: make -C cpu/stm32/dist/spi_divtable
+    - name: Build stm32 clk_conf
+      uses: aabadie/riot-action@v1
+      with:
+        cmd: make -C cpu/stm32/dist/clk_conf
+    - name: Build kinetis calc_spi_scalers
+      uses: aabadie/riot-action@v1
+      with:
+        cmd: make -C cpu/kinetis/dist/calc_spi_scalers
diff --git a/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml b/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e89a7efa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/tools-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+name: tools-test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+  pull_request:
+    branches:
+      - master
+
+jobs:
+  python-tests:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+      with:
+        python-version: 3.8
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        python -m pip install tox
+    - name: Test backport_pr
+      run: cd dist/tools/backport_pr && tox
+    - name: Test compile_and_test_for_board
+      run: cd dist/tools/compile_and_test_for_board && tox
+    - name: Test riotctrl_shell
+      run: cd dist/pythonlibs/riotctrl_shell && tox
diff --git a/dist/pythonlibs/riotctrl_shell/requirements.txt b/dist/pythonlibs/riotctrl_shell/requirements.txt
index 44feee93b7..fafee28b6d 100644
--- a/dist/pythonlibs/riotctrl_shell/requirements.txt
+++ b/dist/pythonlibs/riotctrl_shell/requirements.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-git+ssh://git@github.com/RIOT-OS/riotctrl
+git+https://github.com/RIOT-OS/riotctrl