diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 16b0512a88a46..c93135e5f69be 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ jobs:
             env:
               ENABLE_GCC_CODEGEN: "1"
             os: ubuntu-20.04-16core-64gb
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-18
+            env:
+              RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+            os: ubuntu-20.04-8core-32gb
           - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
             os: ubuntu-20.04-16core-64gb
             env: {}
diff --git a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile
index 3476b10a3addc..c69a18a1b44c7 100644
--- a/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile
+++ b/src/ci/docker/host-x86_64/x86_64-gnu-llvm-18/Dockerfile
@@ -60,3 +60,5 @@ RUN /scripts/build-gccjit.sh /scripts
 
 COPY scripts/x86_64-gnu-llvm.sh /tmp/script.sh
 ENV SCRIPT /tmp/script.sh
+
+# dummy comment to update the dockerfile and have it rebuild the image
diff --git a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
index 9323bb093ad96..d30d4888d2e9f 100644
--- a/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
+++ b/src/ci/github-actions/ci.yml
@@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ jobs:
               ENABLE_GCC_CODEGEN: "1"
             <<: *job-linux-16c
 
+          - name: x86_64-gnu-llvm-18
+            env:
+              RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+            <<: *job-linux-8c
+
           - name: x86_64-gnu-tools
             <<: *job-linux-16c