diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..04a451a8309235
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-tarball.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+name: Build from tarball
+
+on: [push, pull_request]
+
+env:
+  FLAKY_TESTS: dontcare
+
+jobs:
+  build-tarball:
+    env:
+      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.8
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}    
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: npx envinfo
+      - name: Make tarball
+        run: | 
+          export DISTTYPE=nightly
+          export DATESTRING=`date "+%Y-%m-%d"`
+          export COMMIT=xxxx
+          ./configure && make tar -j8
+          mkdir tarballs
+          mv *.tar.gz tarballs
+      - name: Upload tarball artifact
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: tarballs
+          path: tarballs
+  test-tarball-linux:
+    env:
+      PYTHON_VERSION: 3.8
+    needs: build-tarball
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}  
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: npx envinfo
+      - name: Download tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: tarballs
+      - name: Extract tarball
+        run: |
+          tar xzf tarballs/*.tar.gz
+          echo "::set-env name=TAR_DIR::`basename tarballs/*.tar.gz .tar.gz`"
+      - name: Copy directories needed for testing
+        run: |
+          cp -r tools/node_modules $TAR_DIR/tools
+          cp -r tools/eslint-rules $TAR_DIR/tools
+      - name: Build
+        run: |        
+          cd $TAR_DIR      
+          make build-ci -j2 V=1
+      - name: Test      
+        run: |
+          cd $TAR_DIR
+          make run-ci -j2 V=1
+  test-tarball-windows:
+    needs: build-tarball
+    runs-on: windows-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up autocrlf
+        run: |
+          git config --global core.autocrlf true
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python 2.7
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: 2.7
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: npx envinfo
+      - name: Download tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: tarballs
+      - name: Extract tarball
+        run: |
+          7z x tarballs/*.tar.gz
+          7z x *.tar -ttar
+      - name: Install deps
+        run: choco install nasm
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          $env:DEBUG_HELPER=1 
+          $tarfile = dir *.tar
+          cd $tarfile.BaseName
+          $env:msbuild_args="/binaryLogger:node.binlog"
+          ./vcbuild.bat x64 release msi
+          echo "::set-env name=TAR_DIR::$pwd"
+      - name: Copy out directory to checkout dir
+        run: Move-Item -Path "$env:TAR_DIR\out" -Destination "$env:GITHUB_WORKSPACE"
+      - name: "Test JS Suites"
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          set DEBUG_HELPER=1          
+          ./vcbuild.bat release noprojgen nobuild ignore-flaky test-ci-js
+      - name: "Test C++ Suites"
+        shell: cmd
+        run: |
+          set DEBUG_HELPER=1
+          ./vcbuild.bat release noprojgen nobuild ignore-flaky test-ci-native
+  test-tarball-macOS:
+    needs: build-tarball
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          PYTHON_VERSION: ${{ env.PYTHON_VERSION }}
+      - name: Environment Information
+        run: npx envinfo
+      - name: Download tarball
+        uses: actions/download-artifact@v1
+        with:
+          name: tarballs
+      - name: Extract tarball
+        run: |
+          tar xzf tarballs/*.tar.gz
+          echo "::set-env name=TAR_DIR::`basename tarballs/*.tar.gz .tar.gz`"
+      - name: Copy directories needed for testing
+        run: |
+          cp -r tools/node_modules $TAR_DIR/tools
+          cp -r tools/eslint-rules $TAR_DIR/tools
+      - name: Build
+        run: |
+          cd $TAR_DIR
+          make build-ci -j8 V=1
+      - name: Test
+        run: |
+          cd $TAR_DIR
+          make run-ci -j8 V=1
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diff --git a/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-any-shells-windows.js b/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-any-shells-windows.js
index 8cdd03d7e510d5..0e78b665689720 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-any-shells-windows.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-child-process-exec-any-shells-windows.js
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ const test = (shell) => {
           }));
 };
 const testCopy = (shellName, shellPath) => {
-  // Copy the executable to a path with spaces, to ensure there are no issues
+  // Symlink the executable to a path with spaces, to ensure there are no issues
   // related to quoting of argv0
   const copyPath = `${tmpPath}\\${shellName}`;
-  fs.copyFileSync(shellPath, copyPath);
+  fs.symlinkSync(shellPath, copyPath);
   test(copyPath);
 };