diff --git a/.github/workflows/monodevelop.yml b/.github/workflows/monodevelop.yml
index fa4db4eedd3..83042926fbd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/monodevelop.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/monodevelop.yml
@@ -5,13 +5,13 @@ on:
     branches:
       - '*'
     paths-ignore:
-      - '**.md' 
+      - '**.md'
   pull_request:
     branches:
       - '*'
 
 jobs:
-  linux:
+  ubuntu2004:
 
     runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
 
@@ -24,3 +24,25 @@ jobs:
       run: |
         ./configure --profile=gnome
         make
+
+  debian10:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    container:
+      image: "debian:buster"
+    steps:
+    - name: Dependencies
+      run: |
+        apt update
+        apt upgrade -y
+        apt install git apt-transport-https dirmngr gnupg ca-certificates wget autoconf intltool build-essential sed -y
+        wget https://packages.microsoft.com/config/debian/10/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+        dpkg -i packages-microsoft-prod.deb
+        apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 3FA7E0328081BFF6A14DA29AA6A19B38D3D831EF
+        echo "deb https://download.mono-project.com/repo/debian stable-buster main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mono-official-stable.list
+        apt update
+        apt install mono-devel fsharp gtk-sharp2 dotnet-sdk-5.0 -y
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Configure and build
+      run: |
+        ./configure --profile=gnome
+        make
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e763f2e2c88..63edac128b0 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ MSBUILD_LIBRARIES=Microsoft.Build.dll Microsoft.Build.Framework.dll Microsoft.Bu
 MSBUILD_DLLS=$(patsubst %, $(MSBUILD_PATH)/%, $(MSBUILD_LIBRARIES))
 
 # Set $PATH to point to provisioned .NET Core and avoid the ones provisioned by VSTS itself
-all: export PATH:="/usr/local/share/dotnet:$(PATH)"
+all: export PATH:=/usr/local/share/dotnet:$(PATH)
 all: print_config update_submodules all-recursive
 
 GIT_FOUND = $$(echo $$(which git))