diff --git a/.github/scripts/build.sh b/.github/scripts/build.sh
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+++ b/.github/scripts/build.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -ex
+
+echo "Building..."
+
+# build dependencies...
+./.github/scripts/dependencies.sh
+
+export LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/staging/lib:$HOME/staging/lib64:$LIBRARY_PATH;
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$HOME/staging/lib:$HOME/staging/lib64:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH;
+if [ $LIBRARY_COMBO = 'ng-gnu-gnu' ];
+then
+  export CPATH=$HOME/staging/include;
+else
+  export CPATH=/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/4.8/include;
+fi;
+export PATH=$HOME/staging/bin:$PATH;
+export GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles;
+. $HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh;
+
+# Build gorm
+make && make install && make check || (cat Tests/tests.log && false);
diff --git a/.github/scripts/dependencies.sh b/.github/scripts/dependencies.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -ex
+
+DEP_SRC=$HOME/dependency_source/
+DEP_ROOT=$HOME/staging
+
+install_prerequisites() {
+    sudo apt-get -qq update
+    sudo apt-get install -y cmake pkg-config libgnutls28-dev libgmp-dev libffi-dev libicu-dev \
+	 libxml2-dev libxslt1-dev libssl-dev libavahi-client-dev zlib1g-dev
+
+    if [ $LIBRARY_COMBO = 'gnu-gnu-gnu' ];
+    then
+	if [ $CC = 'gcc' ];
+	then
+	  sudo apt-get install -y gobjc;
+	fi;
+        sudo apt-get install -y libobjc-8-dev libblocksruntime-dev;
+    else
+	curl -s -o - https://apt.llvm.org/llvm-snapshot.gpg.key|sudo apt-key add -;
+        sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://apt.llvm.org/xenial/ llvm-toolchain-xenial-9 main" && sudo apt-get update -qq;
+	sudo apt-get install -y clang-9 libkqueue-dev libpthread-workqueue-dev;
+	sudo update-alternatives   --install /usr/bin/clang   clang   /usr/bin/clang-9   10 \
+             --slave   /usr/bin/clang++ clang++ /usr/bin/clang++-9;
+	export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e 's/:\/usr\/local\/clang-7.0.0\/bin//');
+        if [ "$RUNTIME_VERSION" = "gnustep-2.0" ];
+	then
+            sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/ld" "ld" "/usr/bin/ld.gold" 10;
+	fi;
+    fi;
+    if [ $LIBRARY_COMBO = 'ng-gnu-gnu' ];
+    then
+	curl -LO https://cmake.org/files/v3.15/cmake-3.15.5-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz;
+	tar xf cmake-3.15.5-Linux-x86_64.tar.gz;
+	mv cmake-3.15.5-Linux-x86_64 $HOME/cmake;
+	export PATH=$HOME/cmake/:$HOME/cmake/bin:$PATH
+    fi;
+}
+
+install_gnustep_make() {
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    git clone https://github.com/gnustep/tools-make.git
+    cd tools-make
+    if [ -n "$RUNTIME_VERSION" ]
+    then
+        WITH_RUNTIME_ABI="--with-runtime-abi=${RUNTIME_VERSION}"
+    else
+        WITH_RUNTIME_ABI=""
+    fi
+    ./configure --prefix=$DEP_ROOT --with-library-combo=$LIBRARY_COMBO $WITH_RUNTIME_ABI
+    make install
+    echo Objective-C build flags: `$HOME/staging/bin/gnustep-config --objc-flags`
+}
+
+install_ng_runtime() {
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    git clone https://github.com/gnustep/libobjc2.git
+    cd libobjc2
+    git submodule init
+    git submodule sync
+    git submodule update
+    cd ..
+    mkdir libobjc2/build
+    cd libobjc2/build
+    export CC="clang"
+    export CXX="clang++"
+    export CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"
+    cmake -DTESTS=off -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -DGNUSTEP_INSTALL_TYPE=NONE -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$DEP_ROOT ../
+    make install
+}
+
+install_libdispatch() {
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    # will reference upstream after https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-libdispatch/pull/534 is merged
+    git clone -b system-blocksruntime https://github.com/ngrewe/swift-corelibs-libdispatch.git
+    mkdir swift-corelibs-libdispatch/build
+    cd swift-corelibs-libdispatch/build
+    export CC="clang"
+    export CXX="clang++"
+    export LIBRARY_PATH=$DEP_ROOT/lib;
+    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$DEP_ROOT/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH;
+    export CPATH=$DEP_ROOT/include;
+    cmake -DBUILD_TESTING=off -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo  -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=$HOME/staging -DINSTALL_PRIVATE_HEADERS=1 -DBlocksRuntime_INCLUDE_DIR=$DEP_ROOT/include -DBlocksRuntime_LIBRARIES=$DEP_ROOT/lib/libobjc.so ../
+    make install
+}
+
+install_gnustep_base() {
+    export GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+    . $HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
+
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    git clone https://github.com/gnustep/libs-base.git
+    cd libs-base
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+}
+
+install_gnustep_gui() {
+    export GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+    . $HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
+
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    git clone https://github.com/gnustep/libs-gui.git
+    cd libs-gui
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+}
+
+install_gnustep_back() {
+    export GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=$HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles
+    . $HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh
+
+    cd $DEP_SRC
+    git clone https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back.git
+    cd libs-back
+    ./configure
+    make
+    make install
+}
+
+mkdir -p $DEP_SRC
+if [ "$LIBRARY_COMBO" = 'ng-gnu-gnu' ]
+then
+    install_ng_runtime
+    install_libdispatch
+fi
+
+install_prerequisites
+install_gnustep_make
+install_gnustep_base
+install_gnustep_gui
+install_gnustep_back
diff --git a/.github/scripts/test.sh b/.github/scripts/test.sh
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+#! /usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -ex
+
+echo "Testing..."
+
+. $HOME/staging/share/GNUstep/Makefiles/GNUstep.sh;
+
+# Test gorm
+make check || (cat Tests/tests.log && false);