diff --git a/.github/workflows/postgres.yml b/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
index 1e3dc038c..8beab1867 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/postgres.yml
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ jobs:
     # -----------------------------------------------------
 
     # Check that we build with TLS support (TODO: we need a postgres image with SSL certs to test)
-    - run: cargo build -p sqlx-core --no-default-features 'postgres macros uuid chrono tls'
+    - run: cargo check -p sqlx-core --no-default-features --features 'postgres macros uuid chrono tls'
 
     - run: cargo test -p sqlx --no-default-features --features 'postgres macros uuid chrono'
       env: