diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index c6db1666e..f4c374ce5 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ jobs:
             defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_BLAS=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DLLAMA_BLAS_VENDOR=OpenBLAS -DBLAS_INCLUDE_DIRS="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/include" -DBLAS_LIBRARIES="$env:RUNNER_TEMP/openblas/lib/openblas.lib"'
           - build: 'kompute'
             defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_KOMPUTE=ON -DKOMPUTE_OPT_DISABLE_VULKAN_VERSION_CHECK=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
+          - build: 'vulkan'
+            defines: '-DLLAMA_NATIVE=OFF -DLLAMA_BUILD_SERVER=ON -DLLAMA_VULKAN=ON -DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON'
 
     steps:
       - name: Clone
@@ -406,7 +408,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Install Vulkan SDK
         id: get_vulkan
-        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'kompute' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.build == 'kompute' || matrix.build == 'vulkan' }}
         run: |
           curl.exe -o $env:RUNNER_TEMP/VulkanSDK-Installer.exe -L "https://sdk.lunarg.com/sdk/download/${env:VULKAN_VERSION}/windows/VulkanSDK-${env:VULKAN_VERSION}-Installer.exe"
           & "$env:RUNNER_TEMP\VulkanSDK-Installer.exe" --accept-licenses --default-answer --confirm-command install
@@ -451,7 +453,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Test
         id: cmake_test
         # not all machines have native AVX-512
-        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && matrix.build != 'kompute' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.build != 'clblast' && matrix.build != 'kompute' && matrix.build != 'vulkan' && (matrix.build != 'avx512' || env.HAS_AVX512F == '1') }}
         run: |
           cd build
           ctest -L main -C Release --verbose --timeout 900
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 15a1101aa..1ee455b3a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -423,10 +423,7 @@ if (LLAMA_VULKAN)
     if (Vulkan_FOUND)
         message(STATUS "Vulkan found")
 
-        set(GGML_HEADERS_VULKAN ggml-vulkan.h)
-        set(GGML_SOURCES_VULKAN ggml-vulkan.cpp)
-
-        add_library(ggml-vulkan STATIC ggml-vulkan.cpp ggml-vulkan.h)
+        add_library(ggml-vulkan OBJECT ggml-vulkan.cpp ggml-vulkan.h)
         if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
             set_target_properties(ggml-vulkan PROPERTIES POSITION_INDEPENDENT_CODE ON)
         endif()
@@ -1012,7 +1009,6 @@ add_library(ggml OBJECT
             ggml-quants.h
             ${GGML_SOURCES_CUDA}    ${GGML_HEADERS_CUDA}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_OPENCL}  ${GGML_HEADERS_OPENCL}
-            ${GGML_SOURCES_VULKAN}  ${GGML_HEADERS_VULKAN}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_METAL}   ${GGML_HEADERS_METAL}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_MPI}     ${GGML_HEADERS_MPI}
             ${GGML_SOURCES_EXTRA}   ${GGML_HEADERS_EXTRA}
@@ -1094,7 +1090,7 @@ install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/LlamaConfig.cmake
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/Llama)
 
 set(GGML_PUBLIC_HEADERS "ggml.h" "ggml-alloc.h" "ggml-backend.h"
-        "${GGML_HEADERS_CUDA}" "${GGML_HEADERS_OPENCL}" "${GGML_HEADERS_VULKAN}"
+        "${GGML_HEADERS_CUDA}" "${GGML_HEADERS_OPENCL}"
         "${GGML_HEADERS_METAL}" "${GGML_HEADERS_MPI}" "${GGML_HEADERS_EXTRA}")
 
 set_target_properties(ggml PROPERTIES PUBLIC_HEADER "${GGML_PUBLIC_HEADERS}")