diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5af497a3ce321..bc295d52d2d5d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@ jobs:
       OPENBLAS_VERSION: 0.3.23
       OPENCL_VERSION: 2023.04.17
       CLBLAST_VERSION: 1.6.0
+      SDE_VERSION: 9.21.1-2023-04-24
 
     strategy:
       matrix:
@@ -383,11 +384,23 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test
         id: cmake_test
-        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }} # Test AVX-512 only when possible
+        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }} # not all machines have native AVX-512
         run: |
           cd build
           ctest -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
 
+      - name: Test (Intel SDE)
+        id: cmake_test_sde
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'avx512' && env.HAS_AVX512F == '0' }} # use Intel SDE for AVX-512 emulation
+        run: |
+          curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar.xz -L "https://downloadmirror.intel.com/777395/sde-external-${env:SDE_VERSION}-win.tar.xz"
+          # for some weird reason windows tar doesn't like sde tar.xz
+          7z x "-o${env:RUNNER_TEMP}" $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar.xz
+          7z x "-o${env:RUNNER_TEMP}" $env:RUNNER_TEMP/sde.tar
+          $sde = $(join-path $env:RUNNER_TEMP sde-external-${env:SDE_VERSION}-win/sde.exe)
+          cd build
+          & $sde -future -- ctest -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
+
       - name: Determine tag name
         id: tag
         shell: bash