diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
index 61134aae..d88eb137 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci-pr-validation.yaml
@@ -59,8 +59,8 @@ jobs:
           cmake -S wireshark -B build-wireshark
           cmake --build build-wireshark
 
-  unit-tests:
-    name: Run unit tests
+  build:
+    name: Run build
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     timeout-minutes: 120
 
@@ -84,22 +84,78 @@ jobs:
           fi
           make check-format
 
+      - name: Install gtest-parallel
+        run: |
+          sudo curl -o /gtest-parallel https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/gtest-parallel/master/gtest_parallel.py 
+
+      - name: Build perf tools
+        run: |
+          cmake . -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_PERF_TOOLS=ON
+          cmake --build . -j8
+
+  build-test:
+    name: Run test build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
       - name: Build tests
         run: |
           cmake . -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON
           cmake --build . -j8
 
-      - name: Install gtest-parallel
-        run: |
-          sudo curl -o /gtest-parallel https://raw.githubusercontent.com/google/gtest-parallel/master/gtest_parallel.py 
+      - uses: actions/upload-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: build
+          path: ./pulsar-client-cpp
+
+  unit-tests:
+    name: Run unit tests
+    needs: build-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 120
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: build
+          path: ./pulsar-client-cpp
 
       - name: Run unit tests
         run: RETRY_FAILED=3 ./run-unit-tests.sh
 
-      - name: Build perf tools
-        run: |
-          cmake . -DINTEGRATE_VCPKG=ON -DBUILD_TESTS=ON -DBUILD_PERF_TOOLS=ON
-          cmake --build . -j8
+  loadbalancer-integ-tests:
+    name: Run load balancer integ tests
+    needs: build-test
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    timeout-minutes: 10
+
+    steps:
+      - name: checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0
+          submodules: recursive
+
+      - uses: actions/download-artifact@master
+        with:
+          name: build
+          path: ./pulsar-client-cpp
+
+      - name: Run unit tests
+        run: RETRY_FAILED=3 ./run-loadbalancer-integ-tests.sh
 
   cpp20-build:
     name: Build with the C++20 standard
@@ -337,7 +393,7 @@ jobs:
   check-completion:
     name: Check Completion
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-    needs: [wireshark-dissector-build, unit-tests, cpp20-build, cpp-build-windows, package, cpp-build-macos]
+    needs: [wireshark-dissector-build, build, build-test, unit-tests, loadbalancer-integ-tests, cpp20-build, cpp-build-windows, package, cpp-build-macos]
 
     steps:
       - run: true
diff --git a/run-loadbalancer-integ-tests.sh b/run-loadbalancer-integ-tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..49ba87d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/run-loadbalancer-integ-tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+# specific language governing permissions and limitations
+# under the License.
+#
+
+set -e
+
+ROOT_DIR=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+cd $ROOT_DIR
+
+if [[ ! $CMAKE_BUILD_DIRECTORY ]]; then
+    CMAKE_BUILD_DIRECTORY=.
+fi
+
+# Run ExtensibleLoadManager tests
+docker compose -f tests/extensibleLM/docker-compose.yml up -d
+docker compose -f tests/blue-green/docker-compose.yml up -d
+until curl http://localhost:8080/metrics > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do sleep 1; done
+until curl http://localhost:8081/metrics > /dev/null 2>&1 ; do sleep 1; done
+sleep 5
+$CMAKE_BUILD_DIRECTORY/tests/ExtensibleLoadManagerTest
+docker compose -f tests/blue-green/docker-compose.yml down
+docker compose -f tests/extensibleLM/docker-compose.yml down
+exit(1)