diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
index 09c911a2d7..496527b192 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ jobs:
 #      run: ./v -o hi.js examples/hello_v_js.v && node hi.js
     - name: Build Vorum
       run: git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/vlang/vorum && cd vorum && ../v . && cd ..
-    - name: Bare metal
+    - name: Freestanding
       run: ./v -freestanding -o bare vlib/os/bare/bare_example_linux.v
     - name: x64 machine code generation
       run: cd examples/x64 && ../../v -x64 hello_world.v && ./hello_world
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ jobs:
   ubuntu-prebuilt:
     runs-on: ubuntu-18.04
     steps:
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install --quiet -y postgresql libpq-dev libglfw3 libglfw3-dev libfreetype6-dev libssl-dev sqlite3 libsqlite3-dev
     - name: Download V
       run: wget https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/latest/download/v_linux.zip && unzip v_linux.zip && ./v --version
     - name: Test V
@@ -86,7 +88,12 @@ jobs:
 
   macos-prebuilt:
     runs-on: macOS-10.14
+
     steps:
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        brew install freetype glfw openssl
+        export LIBRARY_PATH="$LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/opt/openssl/lib/"
     - name: Download V
       run: wget https://github.com/vlang/v/releases/latest/download/v_macos.zip && unzip v_macos.zip && ./v --version
     - name: Test V