diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
index 56cd0ba70..bd2a6663e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yaml
@@ -117,16 +117,6 @@ jobs:
           command: check
           args: --target wasm32-unknown-unknown --no-default-features
 
-      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
-        with:
-          target: wasm32-wasi
-
-      - name: Check compilation for wasi
-        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
-        with:
-          command: check
-          args: --target wasm32-wasi --features freeze-stdlib
-
       - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
         with:
           target: x86_64-unknown-freebsd
@@ -333,3 +323,35 @@ jobs:
           PUBLISH_DIR: ./wasm/demo/dist
           EXTERNAL_REPOSITORY: RustPython/demo
           PUBLISH_BRANCH: master
+
+  wasm-wasi:
+    name: Run snippets and cpython tests on wasm-wasi
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - uses: actions-rs/toolchain@v1
+        with:
+          toolchain: stable
+          target: wasm32-wasi
+          override: true
+      - name: Setup Wasmer
+        uses: wasmerio/setup-wasmer@v1
+      - name: Install clang
+        run: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install clang -y
+      - name: Cache cargo dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v2
+        with:
+          path: |
+              ~/.cargo/registry
+              ~/.cargo/git
+              target
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-wasm_opt3-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+               ${{ runner.os }}-debug_opt3-${{ hashFiles('**/Cargo.lock') }}
+      - name: build rustpython
+        uses: actions-rs/cargo@v1
+        with:
+          command: build
+          args: --release --target wasm32-wasi --features freeze-stdlib --verbose
+      - name: run snippets
+        run: wasmer run --dir . target/wasm32-wasi/release/rustpython.wasm -- extra_tests/snippets/variables.py