diff --git a/.github/workflows/rust.yml b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..78a8c589
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/rust.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+name: Rust
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - .github/workflows/rust.yaml
+      - contracts/**
+      - light-client/**
+      - "**/Cargo.toml"
+      - "**/Cargo.lock"
+      - justfile
+      - README.md
+
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - v[0-9]+.*
+    branches:
+      - "release/*"
+      - main
+
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: ${{ !startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/') && github.ref != 'refs/heads/main' }}
+
+env:
+  CARGO_INCREMENTAL: 0
+  CARGO_PROFILE_DEV_DEBUG: 1
+  CARGO_PROFILE_RELEASE_DEBUG: 1
+  CARGO_NET_RETRY: 10
+  RUSTUP_MAX_RETRIES: 10
+
+jobs:
+  build-cw-contract:
+    name: Build CosmWasm Light Client Contract
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 60
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install Rust toolchains
+        uses: actions-rust-lang/setup-rust-toolchain@v1
+      - name: Install Just
+        uses: extractions/setup-just@v1
+      - name: Build CosmWasm light client contract
+        run: just build-cw-contract
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index a6dbbb39..c35e4549 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ install-tools:
 	rustup component add rustfmt --toolchain nightly
 	cargo install typos-cli taplo-cli
 
+build-cw-contract:
+  cd ./light-client/cw-contract && cargo build --target wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
 # Runs formatter and clippy for all the cargo and scarb packages
 lint:
   @cargo +nightly fmt --all -- --check && \