diff --git a/.github/workflows/tests.yml b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
index c21c9c4bd..e11eff353 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/tests.yml
@@ -269,3 +269,44 @@ jobs:
           echo "check if go.mod and go.sum are up to date"
           go mod tidy
           git diff --exit-code go.mod go.sum
+
+  docker:
+    name: docker
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Check out code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+
+      - name: Docker meta
+        id: meta
+        uses: docker/metadata-action@v3
+        with:
+          # list of Docker images to use as base name for tags
+          images: |
+            restic/restic
+          # generate Docker tags based on the following events/attributes
+          tags: |
+            type=schedule
+            type=ref,event=branch
+            type=ref,event=pr
+            type=semver,pattern={{version}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}.{{minor}}
+            type=semver,pattern={{major}}
+            type=sha
+
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@v1
+
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+
+      - name: Build and push
+        id: docker_build
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v2
+        with:
+          push: false
+          context: .
+          file: docker/Dockerfile
+          pull: true
+          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
+          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}