diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 77495c09aa..5e86a76760 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -24,8 +24,19 @@ jobs:
         rustup --version
         rustc -Vv
         mdbook --version
+
+    # mdBook does not currently have particularly good support for “external”
+    # crates. To make the test suite work correctly with `trpl`, we must first
+    # build `trpl` itself (`mdbook` will not do it), and then explicitly pass
+    # its `deps` path as a library search path for `mdbook test`. That will make
+    # sure all the crates can be resolved when running the tests.
+    - name: Build `trpl` crate
+      run: |
+        cd packages/trpl
+        cargo build
     - name: Run tests
-      run: mdbook test
+      run:
+        mdbook test --library-path packages/trpl/target/debug/deps
   package_tests:
     name: Run package tests
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest