diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index b6851ff..511e44b 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -10,10 +10,15 @@ jobs:
       - name: Checkout
         run: git clone --depth 1 ${{ github.server_url }}/${{ github.repository }}.git .
 
-      # sb-common is a path dependency pinned to this absolute path
-      # (see crates/*/Cargo.toml); clone it there before building.
+      # sb-common is referenced two ways: as a path dependency pinned to
+      # /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common (crates/*/Cargo.toml)
+      # and via include_str! sibling paths (crates/sb-core/src). Clone once,
+      # symlink for the include_str layout.
       - name: Checkout sb-common
-        run: mkdir -p /home/jan/Development/skara-brae && git clone --depth 1 ${{ github.server_url }}/jan/skara-brae-common.git /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p /home/jan/Development/skara-brae
+          git clone --depth 1 ${{ github.server_url }}/jan/skara-brae-common.git /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common
+          ln -s /home/jan/Development/skara-brae/skara-brae-common "$GITHUB_WORKSPACE/../skara-brae-common"
 
       - name: Build
         run: cargo build --workspace