diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1be582a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+name: build
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      ref:
+        description: 'Git commit id to checkout'
+        required: false
+        default: 'master'
+
+jobs:
+  linux-amd64:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      -
+        name: Build
+        run: |
+          chmod +x compile_linux.sh
+          ./compile_linux.sh amd64 Release ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
+      -
+        name: Export artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: linux-amd64.tar.gz
+          path: out/binary_distrib.tar.gz
+
+
+  linux-i386:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+      - name: Set up QEMU
+        uses: docker/setup-qemu-action@master
+        with:
+          platforms: all
+      -
+        name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v1
+      -
+        name: Build
+        run: |
+          chmod +x compile_linux.sh
+          ./compile_linux.sh 386 Release ${{ github.event.inputs.ref }}
+      -
+        name: Export artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: linux-i386.tar.gz
+          path: out/binary_distrib.tar.gz
+
diff --git a/DockerfileLinux b/DockerfileLinux
index ff0025c..87ec533 100644
--- a/DockerfileLinux
+++ b/DockerfileLinux
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ ARG BUILD_TYPE
 #Declare architecture argument (386 or amd64)
 ARG TARGETARCH
 
+#Declare git ref
+ARG REF
+
 WORKDIR /builder
 #Copy existing sources, if any
 COPY jcef /jcef
diff --git a/compile_linux.sh b/compile_linux.sh
index f2ee29f..8833741 100755
--- a/compile_linux.sh
+++ b/compile_linux.sh
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-if [ ! $# -eq 2 ]
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]
   then
-    echo "Usage: ./compile_linux.sh <architecture> <buildType>"
+    echo "Usage: ./compile_linux.sh <architecture> <buildType> [ref]"
     echo ""
     echo "architecture: the target architecture to build for. Architectures are either 386 or amd64."
     echo "buildType: either Release or Debug"
+    echo "ref: the git commit id to pull"
     exit 1
 fi
 
 #Execute buildx with linux dockerfile and output to current directory
-docker buildx build --platform=linux/$1 --build-arg TARGETARCH=$1 --build-arg BUILD_TYPE=$2 --file DockerfileLinux --output out .
-
+if [ $# -eq 2 ]
+  then
+    docker buildx build --platform=linux/$1 --build-arg TARGETARCH=$1 --build-arg BUILD_TYPE=$2 --build-arg REF=master --file DockerfileLinux --output out .
+else
+    docker buildx build --platform=linux/$1 --build-arg TARGETARCH=$1 --build-arg BUILD_TYPE=$2 --build-arg REF=$3 --file DockerfileLinux --output out .
+fi
diff --git a/scripts/run_linux.sh b/scripts/run_linux.sh
index d59219f..163ad53 100644
--- a/scripts/run_linux.sh
+++ b/scripts/run_linux.sh
@@ -8,13 +8,13 @@ if [ ! -f "/jcef/README.md" ]; then
     echo "Did not find existing files to build - cloning..."
     rm -rf /jcef
     git clone https://bitbucket.org/chromiumembedded/java-cef.git /jcef
+    cd /jcef
+    git checkout ${REF}
 else
     echo "Found existing files to build"
+    cd /jcef
 fi
 
-# Enter the JCEF source code directory.
-cd /jcef
-
 # Create and enter the `jcef_build` directory.
 # The `jcef_build` directory name is required by other JCEF tooling
 # and should not be changed.