diff --git a/.github/workflows/hdfeos2.yml b/.github/workflows/hdfeos2.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..191d21464
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/hdfeos2.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+name: hdfeos
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+  push:
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ master ]
+    paths-ignore:
+    - '.github/CODEOWNERS'
+    - 'doc/**'
+    - 'release_docs/**'
+    - 'COPYING'
+    - '**.md'
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    name: Build hdfeos
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4.1.7
+
+      - name: Install Autotools Dependencies (Linux)
+        run: |
+          sudo apt update
+          sudo apt install automake autoconf libtool libtool-bin
+      - name: Install HDF4
+        run: |
+          ./autogen.sh
+          ./configure --prefix=/usr/local --enable-shared --disable-fortran --disable-netcdf
+          make
+          sudo make install
+      - name: Install HDF-EOS2
+        run: |
+          wget -O hdfeos.tar.gz "https://git.earthdata.nasa.gov/projects/DAS/repos/hdfeos/raw/hdf-eos2-3.0-src.tar.gz?at=3128a738021501c821549955f6c78348e5f33850"
+          tar zxvf hdfeos.tar.gz
+          cd hdf-eos2-3.0
+          ./configure LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib -lmfhdf" --prefix=/usr/local/ --enable-shared --enable-install-include
+          make
+          make check
+          sudo make install
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 925b65eed..cc213cdb0 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ HDF version 4.3.1-1 currently under development
 ![HDF Logo](doc/img/HDF4.png)
 
 [![master build status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/HDFGroup/hdf4/main.yml?branch=master&label=master)](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/actions?query=branch%3Amaster)
+[![HDF-EOS build status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/HDFGroup/hdf4/hdfeos2.yml?branch=master&label=HDF-EOS)](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/actions?query=branch%3Amaster)
 [![netCDF build status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/HDFGroup/hdf4/netcdf.yml?branch=master&label=netCDF)](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/actions?query=branch%3Amaster)
 [![BSD](https://img.shields.io/badge/License-BSD-blue.svg)](https://github.com/HDFGroup/hdf4/blob/master/COPYING)