diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-install-scripts.yml b/.github/workflows/test-install-scripts.yml
index 03e01458188f..f736e157798d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-install-scripts.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-install-scripts.yml
@@ -207,7 +207,12 @@ jobs:
         if: ${{ matrix.distribution.type == 'arch' }}
         run: |
           pacman --noconfirm -Syu
-          pacman --noconfirm -S base git sudo openssl-1.1
+          pacman --noconfirm -S base base-devel git sudo openssl-1.1
+          useradd builduser -m
+          passwd -d builduser
+          printf 'builduser ALL=(ALL) ALL\n' | tee -a /etc/sudoers
+          sudo -u builduser bash -c 'cd ~ && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/execstack.git && cd execstack && makepkg -s --noconfirm'
+          pacman --noconfirm -U --needed ~builduser/execstack/execstack-20130503-8-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
           # The behavior we follow in install.sh is unique with Arch in that
           # we leave it to the user to install the appropriate version of python,
           # so we need to install python here in order for the test to succeed.