diff --git a/.github/workflows/operator-build.yml b/.github/workflows/operator-build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..90065827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/operator-build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+name: build-operator
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ main ]
+  pull_request:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+permissions:
+  contents: read
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-test:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@11bd71901bbe5b1630ceea73d27597364c9af683
+
+    - name: Set up Go
+      uses: actions/setup-go@f111f3307d8850f501ac008e886eec1fd1932a34
+      with:
+        go-version-file: ./operator/go.mod
+
+    - name: Build
+      run: make build-operator
+
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9c7450e8..1ddff1e0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -51,4 +51,7 @@ generate_sdk: pkg/model/generated/nsx_sdk.go
 nsx-analyzer-image:
 	docker build -t $(IMAGE_REGISTRY)/$(NSX_ANALYZER_IMAGE):$(NSX_ANALYZER_TAG) .
 
+build-operator:
+	cd operator; go build -o bin/manager cmd/main.go
+
 .DEFAULT_GOAL := build