diff --git a/library/stdarch/.github/workflows/main.yml b/library/stdarch/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 7d408533467f..2de81e5a2032 100644
--- a/library/stdarch/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/library/stdarch/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -211,3 +211,13 @@ jobs:
       if: "matrix.os == 'ubuntu-latest' && !startsWith(matrix.target, 'thumb')"
       env:
         TARGET: ${{ matrix.target }}
+
+  build-std-detect:
+    needs: [style]
+    name: Build std_detect
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@master
+    - name: Install Rust
+      run: rustup update nightly && rustup default nightly
+    - run: ./ci/build-std-detect.sh
diff --git a/library/stdarch/ci/build-std-detect.sh b/library/stdarch/ci/build-std-detect.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..e4560b3371bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/stdarch/ci/build-std-detect.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Build std_detect on non-Linux & non-x86 targets.
+#
+# In std_detect, non-x86 targets have OS-specific implementations,
+# but we can test only Linux in CI. This script builds targets supported
+# by std_detect but cannot be tested in CI.
+
+set -ex
+cd "$(dirname "$0")"/..
+
+targets=(
+    # Android
+    aarch64-linux-android
+    arm-linux-androideabi
+
+    # FreeBSD
+    aarch64-unknown-freebsd
+    armv6-unknown-freebsd
+    powerpc-unknown-freebsd
+    powerpc64-unknown-freebsd
+
+    # OpenBSD
+    aarch64-unknown-openbsd
+
+    # Windows
+    aarch64-pc-windows-msvc
+)
+
+rustup component add rust-src # for -Z build-std
+
+cd crates/std_detect
+for target in "${targets[@]}"; do
+    if rustup target add "${target}" &>/dev/null; then
+        cargo build --target "${target}"
+    else
+        # tier 3 targets requires -Z build-std.
+        cargo build -Z build-std="core,alloc" --target "${target}"
+    fi
+done