diff --git a/.github/workflows/buildcheck.yml b/.github/workflows/buildcheck.yml
index bf5d7e38..3484b68b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/buildcheck.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/buildcheck.yml
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Test that ddsidl is correct
         run: |
+          # No prebuilt wheel for ubuntu-24.04 so we need cylonedds-dev
+          sudo apt install cyclonedds-dev
           pip install cyclonedds
           idlc vss*.idl