diff --git a/.github/workflows/make.yaml b/.github/workflows/make.yaml
index b46853a1a2..c40e8004ad 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/make.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/make.yaml
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ jobs:
           echo "history_file (make_absolute_filename ('./a/b/c/history')); disp ('test')" | ./.build/run-octave -i
           [ -f ./a/b/c/history ] || echo "::warning::Creating history file failed"
 
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          sudo make -C ./.build install
+
+      - name: test stand-alone executable
+        run: |
+          cd examples/code
+          mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/octave/$(octave --eval "disp(version())")" \
+            ./embedded
+
 
   alpine:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
@@ -282,6 +293,8 @@ jobs:
           test -d ~/.ccache || mkdir ~/.ccache
           echo "max_size = 1G" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
           echo "compression = true" >> ~/.ccache/ccache.conf
+          ccache --version
+          ccache -p
           ccache -s
           echo "/usr/lib/ccache/bin" >> $GITHUB_PATH
 
@@ -375,6 +388,16 @@ jobs:
           echo "history_file (make_absolute_filename ('./a/b/c/history')); disp ('test')" | ./.build/run-octave -i
           [ -f ./a/b/c/history ] || echo "::warning::Creating history file failed"
 
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          sudo make -C ./.build install
+
+      - name: test stand-alone executable
+        run: |
+          cd examples/code
+          mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
+          LD_LIBRARY_PATH="/usr/local/lib/octave/$(octave --eval "disp(version())")" ./embedded
+
 
   macos:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -581,6 +604,19 @@ jobs:
           echo "history_file (make_absolute_filename ('./a/b/c/history')); disp ('test')" | ./.build/run-octave -i
           [ -f ./a/b/c/history ] || echo "::warning::Creating history file failed"
 
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /Users/runner/usr
+          make -C ./.build install
+
+      - name: test stand-alone executable
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
+          cd examples/code
+          PATH="/Users/runner/usr/bin:$PATH" CXX="${CXX} ${{ matrix.cxx-compiler-flags }}" \
+            mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
+          ./embedded
+
 
   mingw:
     runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
@@ -609,6 +645,7 @@ jobs:
             f77: gfortran
             extra-config-flags: ""
             ccache-max: 0.9G
+            allow-error: false
           - msystem: CLANG64
             mingw-prefix: clang64
             target-prefix: mingw-w64-clang-x86_64
@@ -620,10 +657,11 @@ jobs:
             # autoconf and libtool still need help to correctly invoke flang.
             extra-config-flags:
               --disable-lib-visibility-flags
-              --enable-fortran-calling-convention=gfortran
               ac_cv_f77_compiler_gnu=yes
               lt_cv_prog_gnu_ld=yes
             ccache-max: 400M
+            # This configuration is not fully supported yet
+            allow-error: true
 
     env:
       CHERE_INVOKING: 1
@@ -745,6 +783,7 @@ jobs:
         # FIXME: Fix building with Java support. Override JAVA_HOME for now.
         # FIXME: How do we get a working TeX environment in MSYS2? Disable building the documentation for now.
         run: |
+          echo $PATH
           which $CC
           echo $CC --version
           $CC --version
@@ -819,18 +858,26 @@ jobs:
           echo "history_file (make_absolute_filename ('./a/b/c/history')); disp ('test')" | ./.build/run-octave -i
           [ -f ./a/b/c/history ] || echo "::warning::Creating history file failed"
 
-      - name: install and compress
-        if: matrix.msystem == 'MINGW64'
-        continue-on-error: true
+      - name: install
         run: |
-          echo "::group::Installing Octave"
           mkdir -p /c/octave/pkg
           make -C ./.build DESTDIR=/c/octave/pkg install
-          echo "::endgroup::"
-          echo "::group::Compressing Octave package"
+
+      - name: test stand-alone executable
+        continue-on-error: ${{ matrix.allow-error }}
+        run: |
+          cd examples/code
+          export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e "s|$MINGW_PREFIX/lib/ccache/bin:||g")
+          export PATH="/c/octave/pkg/${{ matrix.mingw-prefix }}/bin:$PATH"
+          mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
+          ./embedded.exe
+
+      - name: compress build artifact
+        if: matrix.msystem == 'MINGW64'
+        continue-on-error: true
+        run: |
           cd /c/octave/pkg
           tar -cvzf octave.tar.gz *
-          echo "::endgroup::"
 
       - name: upload build artifact
         if: matrix.msystem == 'MINGW64'
@@ -997,6 +1044,7 @@ jobs:
         # FIXME: Fix building with Java support.  Override JAVA_HOME for now.
         # FIXME: How do we get a working TeX environment in Cygwin?  Disable building the documentation for now.
         run: |
+          echo $PATH
           which $CC
           echo $CC --version
           $CC --version
@@ -1069,3 +1117,14 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           echo "history_file (make_absolute_filename ('./a/b/c/history')); disp ('test')" | ./.build/run-octave -i
           [ -f ./a/b/c/history ] || echo "::warning::Creating history file failed"
+
+      - name: install
+        run: |
+          make -C ./.build install
+
+      - name: test stand-alone executable
+        run: |
+          export PATH=$(echo "$PATH" | sed -e "s|/usr/lib/ccache/bin:||g")
+          cd examples/code
+          mkoctfile --link-stand-alone embedded.cc -o embedded
+          ./embedded.exe