diff --git a/.github/workflows/bcc-test.yml b/.github/workflows/bcc-test.yml
index 4ce33603f133..43d158232e6a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/bcc-test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/bcc-test.yml
@@ -15,8 +15,13 @@ jobs:
         env:
         - TYPE: Debug
           PYTHON_TEST_LOGFILE: critical.log
+          RW_ENGINE_ENABLED: ON
+        - TYPE: Debug
+          PYTHON_TEST_LOGFILE: critical.log
+          RW_ENGINE_ENABLED: OFF
         - TYPE: Release
           PYTHON_TEST_LOGFILE: critical.log
+          RW_ENGINE_ENABLED: ON
     steps:
     - uses: actions/checkout@v2
     - name: System info
@@ -43,7 +48,7 @@ jobs:
                    bcc-docker \
                    /bin/bash -c \
                    'mkdir -p /bcc/build && cd /bcc/build && \
-                    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${TYPE} .. && make -j9'"
+                    cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${TYPE} -DENABLE_LLVM_NATIVECODEGEN=${RW_ENGINE_ENABLED} .. && make -j9'"
     - name: Run bcc's cc tests
       env: ${{ matrix.env }}
       # tests are wrapped with `script` as a hack to get a TTY as github actions doesn't provide this