diff --git a/.github/workflows/linux.yml b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
index c7f9b80eb3..9632b58010 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/linux.yml
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Examples STM32L4 Series
         if: always()
         run: |
-          (cd examples && ../tools/scripts/examples_compile.py stm32l476_discovery nucleo_l476rg nucleo_l432kc nucleo_l452re)
+          (cd examples && ../tools/scripts/examples_compile.py stm32l476_discovery nucleo_l476rg nucleo_l432kc nucleo_l452re nucleo_l496zg-p)
       - name: Examples STM32G4 Series
         if: always()
         run: |
diff --git a/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/main.cpp b/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/main.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d1338a0993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/main.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2021, Raphael Lehmann
+ *
+ * This file is part of the modm project.
+ *
+ * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/.
+ */
+
+#include <modm/board.hpp>
+
+using namespace Board;
+
+// ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+int
+main()
+{
+	Board::initialize();
+
+	MODM_LOG_DEBUG   << "debug"   << modm::endl;
+	MODM_LOG_INFO    << "info"    << modm::endl;
+	MODM_LOG_WARNING << "warning" << modm::endl;
+	MODM_LOG_ERROR   << "error"   << modm::endl;
+
+	uint32_t counter = 0;
+
+	while (true)
+	{
+		Leds::write(counter % (1 << 3));
+		modm::delay(Button::read() ? 250ms : 500ms);
+		MODM_LOG_INFO << "loop: " << counter << modm::endl;
+		counter++;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/project.xml b/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/project.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b1ef87b9bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink/project.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<library>
+  <extends>modm:nucleo-l496zg-p</extends>
+  <options>
+    <option name="modm:build:build.path">../../../build/nucleo_l496zg-p/blink</option>
+  </options>
+  <modules>
+    <module>modm:platform:gpio</module>
+    <module>modm:build:scons</module>
+  </modules>
+</library>