diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-alpine.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-alpine.yaml
index 36e0ba0add..e6b5c90ccc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-alpine.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-alpine.yaml
@@ -222,6 +222,26 @@ jobs:
           mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
           LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/octave/$(octave --eval "disp(version())")" ./embedded
 
+      - name: test Octave packages
+        env:
+          # colon separated list of packages
+          PACKAGE_NAMES: "control:stk"
+        run: |
+          unset CC
+          unset CXX
+          IFS=':' read -r -a packages <<< "${PACKAGE_NAMES}"
+          for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            echo "::group::Install ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg install -verbose -forge ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg test ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test log for ${package}"
+            cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/fntests.log
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+           done
+
       - name: analyze test suite results
         # Make sure the test summary lists 0 "FAIL"s and no "REGRESSION"
         run:  |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-cygwin.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-cygwin.yaml
index 771698bd70..6315b0b99b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-cygwin.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-cygwin.yaml
@@ -247,6 +247,27 @@ jobs:
           mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
           ./embedded.exe
 
+      - name: test Octave packages
+        env:
+          # colon separated list of packages
+          PACKAGE_NAMES: "control:stk"
+        run: |
+          unset CC
+          unset CXX
+          export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e "s|/usr/lib/ccache/bin:||g")
+          IFS=':' read -r -a packages <<< "${PACKAGE_NAMES}"
+          for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            echo "::group::Install ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg install -verbose -forge ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg test ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test log for ${package}"
+            cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/fntests.log
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+           done
+
       - name: analyze test suite results
         # Make sure the test summary lists 0 "FAIL"s and no "REGRESSION"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-macos.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-macos.yaml
index 0788c98d70..e88884de1b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-macos.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-macos.yaml
@@ -214,6 +214,28 @@ jobs:
             mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
           ./embedded
 
+      - name: test Octave packages
+        env:
+          # colon separated list of packages
+          PACKAGE_NAMES: "control:stk"
+        run: |
+          unset CC
+          unset CXX
+          export F77=gfortran
+          export PATH="/Users/runner/usr/bin:$PATH"
+          IFS=':' read -r -a packages <<< "${PACKAGE_NAMES}"
+          for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            echo "::group::Install ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg install -verbose -forge ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg test ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test log for ${package}"
+            cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/fntests.log
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+          done
+
       - name: analyze test suite results
         # Make sure the test summary lists 0 "FAIL"s and no "REGRESSION"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-mingw.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-mingw.yaml
index 6fb33cc373..9461515779 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-mingw.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-mingw.yaml
@@ -248,6 +248,28 @@ jobs:
           mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
           ./embedded.exe
 
+      - name: test Octave packages
+        env:
+          # colon separated list of packages
+          PACKAGE_NAMES: "control:stk"
+        run: |
+          unset CC
+          unset CXX
+          export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e "s|$MINGW_PREFIX/lib/ccache/bin:||g")
+          export PATH="/c/octave/pkg/${{ matrix.mingw-prefix }}/bin:$PATH"
+          IFS=':' read -r -a packages <<< "${PACKAGE_NAMES}"
+          for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            echo "::group::Install ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg install -verbose -forge ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg test ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test log for ${package}"
+            cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/fntests.log
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+           done
+
       - name: analyze test suite results
         # Make sure the test summary lists 0 "FAIL"s and no "REGRESSION"
         run: |
diff --git a/.github/workflows/make-ubuntu.yaml b/.github/workflows/make-ubuntu.yaml
index 71fb172e6b..b66dc04788 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make-ubuntu.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make-ubuntu.yaml
@@ -168,6 +168,26 @@ jobs:
           LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/octave/$(octave --eval "disp(version())")" \
             ./embedded
 
+      - name: test Octave packages
+        env:
+          # colon separated list of packages
+          PACKAGE_NAMES: "control:stk"
+        run: |
+          unset CC
+          unset CXX
+          IFS=':' read -r -a packages <<< "${PACKAGE_NAMES}"
+          for package in "${packages[@]}"; do
+            echo "::group::Install ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg install -verbose -forge ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test ${package}"
+            octave --eval "pkg test ${package}"
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+            echo "::group::Test log for ${package}"
+            cat ${GITHUB_WORKSPACE}/fntests.log
+            echo "::endgroup::"
+           done
+
       - name: analyze test suite results
         # Make sure the test summary lists 0 "FAIL"s and no "REGRESSION"
         run:  |