diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 5da23742762e..8296c31460e7 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       fail-fast: false
       matrix:
+        platform: [x86_64-linux-gnu, aarch64-linux-gnu]
+        #target: [xtensa-softmmu, riscv32-softmmu]
+
         include:
           #- platform: macos-x86_64
           #  runs_on: macos-12
@@ -20,15 +23,15 @@ jobs:
           #   runs_on: macos-latest-xlarge
           #   extra_configure_args: "--disable-cocoa --disable-coreaudio"
           #   shell: bash -e {0}
-          # - platform: linux-amd64
-          #   runs_on: ubuntu-20.04
-          #   # Building with -Werror only on Linux as that breaks some features detection
-          #   # in meson on macOS.
-          #   extra_configure_args: "--extra-cflags=-Werror --disable-gtk"
-          #   shell: bash -e {0}
-          - platform: linux-arm64
+          - platform: x86_64-linux-gnu
             runs_on: ubuntu-20.04
-            # Used the blank docker-hub's image instead of the heavy GitHub's one for correct croossbuild prerequisites
+            # Building with -Werror only on Linux as that breaks some features detection
+            # in meson on macOS.
+            #extra_configure_args: "--extra-cflags=-Werror --disable-gtk"
+            shell: bash -e {0}
+          - platform: aarch64-linux-gnu
+            runs_on: ubuntu-20.04
+            # Used the minimal docker-hub's image instead of the heavy GitHub's one for correct croossbuild prerequisites
             container: ubuntu:20.04
             #extra_configure_args: "--disable-gtk --cross-prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu-"
             shell: bash -e {0}
@@ -44,8 +47,13 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v4
 
+      - name: Install prerequisites (Linux x86_64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'x86_64-linux-gnu' }}
+        run: |
+          ./.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-amd64.sh
+
       - name: Install prerequisites (Linux arm64)
-        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'linux-arm64' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'aarch64-linux-gnu' }}
         run: |
           ./.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-cross-linux-arm64.sh
 
@@ -93,8 +101,14 @@ jobs:
       #   if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'macos-x86_64' || matrix.platform == 'macos-arm64' }}
       #   run: |
       #     sed -i '' "s/project('qemu', \['c'\],/project('qemu', ['c', 'objc'],/" meson.build
+
+      - name: Configure (Linux x86_64)
+        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'x86_64-linux-gnu' }}
+        run: |
+          ./.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh
+
       - name: Configure (Linux arm64)
-        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'linux-arm64' }}
+        if: ${{ matrix.platform == 'aarch64-linux-gnu' }}
         run: |
           ./.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh
 
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh
index 0c55b6004030..70aa9897f531 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-cross-linux-arm64.sh
@@ -4,16 +4,16 @@
 sed -z -i "s/\(.*dependency('libgcrypt'.*method: '\)config-tool\('.*\)/\1pkg-config\2/g" -- meson.build
 
 ./configure \
-    --prefix=$PWD/install/qemu \
-    --target-list=xtensa-softmmu \
-    --with-pkgversion="esp_13.1.1_20231107" \
-    --enable-gcrypt \
-    --enable-slirp \
-    --disable-user \
+    --cross-prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
     --disable-capstone \
-    --disable-vnc \
-    --disable-sdl \
     --disable-docs \
     --disable-gtk \
-    --cross-prefix=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
+    --disable-sdl \
+    --disable-user \
+    --disable-vnc \
+    --enable-gcrypt \
+    --enable-slirp \
+    --prefix=$PWD/install/qemu \
+    --target-list=xtensa-softmmu \
+    --with-pkgversion="esp_13.1.1_20231107" \
 || { cat meson-logs/meson-log.txt && false; }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-linux-amd64.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-linux-amd64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..8fb0ca4e5245
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/configure-linux-amd64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+#FIXME ? disable-docs
+
+./configure \
+    --disable-capstone \
+    --disable-docs \
+    --disable-gtk \
+    --disable-sdl \
+    --disable-user \
+    --disable-vnc \
+    --enable-gcrypt \
+    --enable-slirp \
+    --extra-cflags=-Werror \
+    --prefix=$PWD/install/qemu \
+    --target-list=xtensa-softmmu \
+    --with-pkgversion="esp_13.1.1_20231107" \
+|| { cat meson-logs/meson-log.txt && false; }
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-cross-linux-arm64.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-cross-linux-arm64.sh
index 87c2989c2496..4155b1a7d340 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-cross-linux-arm64.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-cross-linux-arm64.sh
@@ -40,4 +40,4 @@ apt-get update \
 && :
 
 # ?
-/usr/bin/pip3 install meson
+/usr/bin/pip3 install meson==1.2.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-amd64.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-amd64.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..98c66eca9cf4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-amd64.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
+
+apt-get update \
+&& apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends \
+    build-essential \
+    git \
+    libgcrypt-dev \
+    libglib2.0-dev \
+    libpixman-1-dev \
+    libslirp-dev \
+    ninja-build \
+    python3-pip \
+    wget \
+    zlib1g-dev \
+&& :
+
+/usr/bin/pip3 install meson==1.2.3
diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-arm64.sh b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-arm64.sh
index 88f11219deaa..46b74d04f649 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-arm64.sh
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/prerequisites-linux-arm64.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
 
 apt-get update \
-&& apt-get install -y -q \
+&& apt-get install -y -q --no-install-recommends\
     build-essential \
     git \
     libgcrypt-dev \
@@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ apt-get update \
     zlib1g-dev \
 && :
 
-/usr/bin/pip3 install meson
+/usr/bin/pip3 install meson==1.2.3