diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4703c58749
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+name: Build SRW
+on: [push]
+jobs:
+  Explore-GitHub-Actions:
+    runs-on: [self-hosted, ncar]
+    steps:
+      - run: echo "🎉 The job was automatically triggered by a ${{ github.event_name }} event."
+      - run: echo "🐧 This job is now running on a ${{ runner.os }} server hosted by GitHub!"
+      - run: echo "🔎 The name of your branch is ${{ github.ref }} and your repository is ${{ github.repository }}."
+      - name: Check out repository code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - run: |
+             cd ufs-srweather-app
+             ./manage_externals/checkout_externals
+             module use modulefiles
+             module load build_cheyenne_intel
+             mdkir build
+             cd build
+             cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=.. ..
+             make -j 4
+      - run: echo "🍏 This job's status is ${{ job.status }}."
diff --git a/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_gnu b/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_gnu
index a5730c88b6..add5ee3b0f 100644
--- a/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_gnu
+++ b/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_gnu
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ module load hpc-mpt/2.22
 
 module load srw_common
 module load g2/3.4.3
+module load esmf/8_2_0
+module load netcdf/4.7.4
+module load png/1.6.35
+module load pio/2.5.2
 
 setenv CMAKE_C_COMPILER mpicc
 setenv CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER mpicxx
diff --git a/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_intel b/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_intel
index fc4a6392c5..b83c36a5df 100644
--- a/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_intel
+++ b/modulefiles/build_cheyenne_intel
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ module load hpc-mpt/2.22
 
 module load srw_common
 module load g2/3.4.3
+module load esmf/8_2_0
+module load netcdf/4.7.4
+module load png/1.6.35
+module load pio/2.5.2
 
 setenv CMAKE_C_COMPILER mpicc
 setenv CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER mpicxx