diff --git a/.github/workflows/python-package.yml b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3396f630d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/python-package.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+name: Python package
+
+on:
+  pull_request:
+  push:
+    branches: [master]
+
+env:
+  LINUX_BASEKIT_URL: https://registrationcenter-download.intel.com/akdlm/irc_nas/17769/l_BaseKit_p_2021.2.0.2883_offline.sh
+  LINUX_DPCPP_COMPONENTS_WEB: intel.oneapi.lin.dpcpp-cpp-compiler
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        python-version: [3.7, 3.8, 3.9]
+
+    env:
+      ONEAPI_ROOT: /opt/intel/oneapi
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        fetch-depth: 0
+
+    - name: Set up Python ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: ${{ matrix.python-version }}
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip
+        if [ -f requirements.txt ]; then pip install -r requirements.txt; fi
+
+    - name: Cache oneAPI
+      id: cache-oneapi
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: |
+          /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler
+          /opt/intel/oneapi/tbb
+        key: build-${{ env.LINUX_BASEKIT_URL }}-${{ env.LINUX_DPCPP_COMPONENTS_WEB }}-compiler-tbb-${{ hashFiles('**/scripts/cache_exclude_linux.sh') }}
+    - name: Install oneAPI
+      if: steps.cache-oneapi.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: scripts/install_linux.sh $LINUX_BASEKIT_URL $LINUX_DPCPP_COMPONENTS_WEB
+    - name: Exclude unused files from oneAPI cache
+      if: steps.cache-oneapi.outputs.cache-hit != 'true'
+      run: scripts/cache_exclude_linux.sh
+
+    - name: Install in Development Mode
+      run: |
+        source $ONEAPI_ROOT/compiler/latest/env/vars.sh
+        python setup.py develop
+    - name: Test with pytest
+      run: |
+        source $ONEAPI_ROOT/compiler/latest/env/vars.sh
+        source $ONEAPI_ROOT/tbb/latest/env/vars.sh
+        pytest
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
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+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Cython
+numpy
+pytest
+pytest-cov
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/scripts/build_backend.py b/scripts/build_backend.py
index 7d1c2483d0..454226ee1c 100644
--- a/scripts/build_backend.py
+++ b/scripts/build_backend.py
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@
             "-DDPCPP_INSTALL_DIR=" + DPCPP_ROOT,
             "-DCMAKE_C_COMPILER:PATH=" + os.path.join(DPCPP_ROOT, "bin", "clang"),
             "-DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER:PATH=" + os.path.join(DPCPP_ROOT, "bin", "dpcpp"),
-            "-DDPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION=ON",
+            # "-DDPCTL_ENABLE_LO_PROGRAM_CREATION=ON",
             backends,
         ]
         subprocess.check_call(cmake_args, stderr=subprocess.STDOUT, shell=False)
diff --git a/scripts/cache_exclude_linux.sh b/scripts/cache_exclude_linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e9365ab80d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/cache_exclude_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+#shellcheck disable=SC2010
+LATEST_VERSION=$(ls -1 /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/ | grep -v latest | sort | tail -1)
+
+sudo rm -rf /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/"$LATEST_VERSION"/linux/compiler/lib/ia32_lin
+sudo rm -rf /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/"$LATEST_VERSION"/linux/bin/ia32
+sudo rm -rf /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/"$LATEST_VERSION"/linux/lib/emu
+sudo rm -rf /opt/intel/oneapi/compiler/"$LATEST_VERSION"/linux/lib/oclfpga
diff --git a/scripts/install_linux.sh b/scripts/install_linux.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..4428dd95e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install_linux.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2020 Intel Corporation
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+URL=$1
+COMPONENTS=$2
+
+curl --output webimage.sh --url "$URL" --retry 5 --retry-delay 5
+chmod +x webimage.sh
+./webimage.sh -x -f webimage_extracted --log extract.log
+rm -rf webimage.sh
+WEBIMAGE_NAME=$(ls -1 webimage_extracted/)
+if [ -z "$COMPONENTS" ]; then
+  sudo webimage_extracted/"$WEBIMAGE_NAME"/bootstrapper -s --action install --eula=accept --continue-with-optional-error=yes --log-dir=.
+  installer_exit_code=$?
+else
+  sudo webimage_extracted/"$WEBIMAGE_NAME"/bootstrapper -s --action install --components="$COMPONENTS" --eula=accept --continue-with-optional-error=yes --log-dir=.
+  installer_exit_code=$?
+fi
+rm -rf webimage_extracted
+exit $installer_exit_code