diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.sh b/.github/workflows/check.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..c65e0ee47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright (c) 2025 Robin Jarry
+
+set -eu
+
+echo ===========================================================================
+git --no-pager log --oneline -1
+echo ===========================================================================
+
+# If there was any modification on .wrap files, delete the whole subproject
+# folder to ensure it is prepared again by meson.
+for wrap in subprojects/*.wrap; do
+	if ! git diff --quiet HEAD^ $wrap; then
+		rm -rf "${wrap%.wrap}"
+	fi
+done
+
+# Always check compilation.
+make "$@"
+
+if [ "$#" -eq 0 ] && ! echo "$MESON_EXTRA_OPTS" | grep -q -- --cross-file; then
+	# If the script was invoked without any argument (e.g. not with "lint")
+	# and if we are not cross compiling, run unit and smoke tests.
+	echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
+	echo unit-tests
+	echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
+	make unit-tests
+	echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
+	echo smoke-tests
+	echo -------------------------------------------------------------------
+	sudo make smoke-tests
+fi
diff --git a/.github/workflows/check.yml b/.github/workflows/check.yml
index caf4e6a3b..5a4974085 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/check.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/check.yml
@@ -102,9 +102,9 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
           key: ccache-x86_64-${{ matrix.conf.compiler }}
       - run: ccache -z
-      - run: git rebase -x "git --no-pager log --oneline -1 && make all unit-tests && sudo smoke/run.sh build" "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
+      - run: git rebase -x .github/workflows/check.sh "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
         if: ${{ matrix.conf.rebase && github.event.pull_request.commits }}
-      - run: make all unit-tests && sudo smoke/run.sh build
+      - run: .github/workflows/check.sh
         if: ${{ ! matrix.conf.rebase || ! github.event.pull_request.commits }}
       - run: ccache -sv
       - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
@@ -145,9 +145,9 @@ jobs:
           path: ${{ env.CCACHE_DIR }}
           key: ccache-aarch64
       - run: ccache -z
-      - run: git rebase -x "git --no-pager log --oneline -1 && make" "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
+      - run: git rebase -x .github/workflows/check.sh "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
         if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
-      - run: make
+      - run: .github/workflows/check.sh
         if: ${{ ! github.event.pull_request.commits }}
       - run: ccache -sv
       - uses: actions/cache/save@v4
@@ -169,9 +169,9 @@ jobs:
           ref: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.sha || github.ref }}
       - run: git config --global --add safe.directory $PWD
       - run: git fetch --force origin 'refs/tags/v*:refs/tags/v*'
-      - run: git rebase -x "git --no-pager log --oneline -1 && make lint" "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
+      - run: git rebase -x ".github/workflows/check.sh lint" "HEAD~${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}"
         if: ${{ github.event.pull_request.commits }}
-      - run: make lint
+      - run: .github/workflows/check.sh lint
         if: ${{ ! github.event.pull_request.commits }}
 
   commits: