diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 4c1545e1b1011e0f35b3aa2316a9cdde464a4304..e8dec8e550fc11326b6e002a52d28bd1f7deb05e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -157,5 +157,9 @@ jobs:
                 . ./ci-support-v0
                 build_py_project_in_conda_env
                 test_py_project
+                
+                if [[ "$DOWNSTREAM_PROJECT" = "meshmode" ]]; then
+                    python ../examples/simple-dg.py --lazy
+                fi
 
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