diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 0ec355aa3c..d3546d631d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -175,6 +175,10 @@ jobs:
             tuple: s390x-unknown-linux-gnu
             os: ubuntu-latest
           test_everything: true
+        - target:
+            tuple: i686-unknown-linux-gnu
+            os: ubuntu-latest
+          test_everything: true
         - target:
             tuple: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
             os: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/cpuid.def b/ci/cpuid.def
similarity index 100%
rename from ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/cpuid.def
rename to ci/cpuid.def
diff --git a/ci/docker/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile b/ci/docker/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
index 49d5cecc71..daf990bed5 100644
--- a/ci/docker/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/i686-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -4,4 +4,16 @@ RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends \
   libc6-dev \
   file \
   make \
-  ca-certificates
+  ca-certificates \
+  wget \
+  xz-utils
+
+RUN wget http://ci-mirrors.rust-lang.org/stdarch/sde-external-10.5.0-2026-01-13-lin.tar.xz -O sde.tar.xz
+RUN mkdir intel-sde
+RUN tar -xJf sde.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C intel-sde
+ENV CARGO_TARGET_I686_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_RUNNER="/intel-sde/sde \
+            -cpuid-in /checkout/ci/cpuid.def \
+            -rtm-mode full -tsx --"
+# SDE doesn't support AMD extensions
+# FIXME: find a way to test these
+ENV STDARCH_TEST_SKIP_FEATURE="sse4a,tbm,xop"
diff --git a/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile b/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
index a357449d51..4c3faae8dc 100644
--- a/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/Dockerfile
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ RUN wget http://ci-mirrors.rust-lang.org/stdarch/sde-external-10.5.0-2026-01-13-
 RUN mkdir intel-sde
 RUN tar -xJf sde.tar.xz --strip-components=1 -C intel-sde
 ENV CARGO_TARGET_X86_64_UNKNOWN_LINUX_GNU_RUNNER="/intel-sde/sde64 \
-            -cpuid-in /checkout/ci/docker/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/cpuid.def \
+            -cpuid-in /checkout/ci/cpuid.def \
             -rtm-mode full -tsx --"
 # SDE doesn't support AMD extensions
 # FIXME: find a way to test these