diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 029284bfb5..eb48c9d1b4 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@ variables:
   #
   # This is done by running `ci-fairy generate-template` and possibly bumping
   # ".default_tag".
-  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-7da44bbacc09'
-  CENTOS_TAG:  'tag-df11907da86a'
-  DEBIAN_TAG:  'tag-86a16c2d74d8'
-  FEDORA_TAG:  'tag-df11907da86a'
-  UBUNTU_TAG:  'tag-86a16c2d74d8'
+  ALPINE_TAG:  'tag-947df94197e7'
+  CENTOS_TAG:  'tag-2f354aa44865'
+  DEBIAN_TAG:  'tag-fb7953849851'
+  FEDORA_TAG:  'tag-2f354aa44865'
+  UBUNTU_TAG:  'tag-fb7953849851'
 
   ALPINE_EXEC: 'bash .gitlab-ci/alpine-install.sh'
   CENTOS_EXEC: 'bash .gitlab-ci/fedora-install.sh'
@@ -391,6 +391,8 @@ t_fedora:39:
         - meson+clang
         - rpm+autotools
         - rpm+meson
+        - tarball+autotools
+        - tarball+meson
         - tarball
         - subtree
   variables:
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
index 75606ec24d..f88c0a08a9 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/ci.template
@@ -157,6 +157,8 @@ t_{{distro.name}}:{{version}}:
         - meson+clang
         - rpm+autotools
         - rpm+meson
+        - tarball+autotools
+        - tarball+meson
         - tarball
         - subtree
 {% endif %}
diff --git a/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh b/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
index 758b8ada05..01f3b8bd10 100755
--- a/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
+++ b/.gitlab-ci/run-test.sh
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ check_run_assert() {
         meson+clang
         rpm+autotools
         rpm+meson
+        tarball+autotools
+        tarball+meson
         tarball
         subtree
 
@@ -127,6 +129,42 @@ if check_run_clean tarball && [ "$NM_BUILD_TARBALL" = 1 ]; then
     do_clean
 fi
 
+if check_run_clean tarball+autotools; then
+    BUILD_TYPE=autotools CC=gcc WITH_DOCS=1 CONFIGURE_ONLY=1 contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+    pushd ./build
+        # dist & build with autotools
+        make distcheck -j$(nproc)
+
+        # build with meson
+        DISTSRC="./distsrc-$RANDOM"
+        mkdir $DISTSRC
+        tar xvf ./NetworkManager-1*.tar.xz -C $DISTSRC --strip-components=1
+        pushd $DISTSRC
+            BUILD_TYPE=meson CC=gcc WITH_DOCS=1 ../../contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+        popd
+    popd
+    do_clean
+fi
+
+if check_run_clean tarball+meson; then
+    BUILD_TYPE=meson CC=gcc WITH_DOCS=1 CONFIGURE_ONLY=1 contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+    pushd ./build
+        # dist with meson
+        meson dist
+
+        # build with autotools
+        DISTSRC="./distsrc-$RANDOM"
+        mkdir $DISTSRC
+        tar xvf ./meson-dist/NetworkManager-1*.tar.xz -C $DISTSRC --strip-components=1
+        pushd $DISTSRC
+            BUILD_TYPE=autotools CC=gcc WITH_DOCS=1 ../../contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+        popd
+        rm -rf $DISTSRC
+    popd
+    do_clean
+fi
+
+
 ###############################################################################
 
 test_subtree() {
diff --git a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
index f9d7cf00a8..e385ef1e8d 100755
--- a/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
+++ b/contrib/scripts/nm-ci-run.sh
@@ -191,24 +191,26 @@ run_autotools() {
             \
             #end
 
-        make -j 6
-        make install
+        if [ "$CONFIGURE_ONLY" != 1 ]; then
+            make -j 6
+            make install
 
-        export NM_TEST_CLIENT_CHECK_L10N=1
+            export NM_TEST_CLIENT_CHECK_L10N=1
 
-        if ! make check -j 6 -k ; then
-            _print_test_logs "first-test"
-            echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (start)"
-            NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" make check -k || :
-            echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (done)"
-            _print_test_logs "second-test"
-            die "autotools test failed"
-        fi
+            if ! make check -j 6 -k ; then
+                _print_test_logs "first-test"
+                echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (start)"
+                NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" make check -k || :
+                echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (done)"
+                _print_test_logs "second-test"
+                die "autotools test failed"
+            fi
 
-        if _with_valgrind; then
-            if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 make check -j 3 -k ; then
-                _print_test_logs "(valgrind test)"
-                die "autotools+valgrind test failed"
+            if _with_valgrind; then
+                if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 make check -j 3 -k ; then
+                    _print_test_logs "(valgrind test)"
+                    die "autotools+valgrind test failed"
+                fi
             fi
         fi
     popd
@@ -222,7 +224,7 @@ run_meson() {
     else
         _WITH_WERROR_VAL=""
     fi
-    meson build \
+    meson setup build \
         \
         -Dprefix="$PWD/INST" \
         \
@@ -262,21 +264,23 @@ run_meson() {
 
     export NM_TEST_CLIENT_CHECK_L10N=1
 
-    ninja -C build -v
-    ninja -C build install
+    if [ "$CONFIGURE_ONLY" != 1 ]; then
+        ninja -C build -v
+        ninja -C build install
 
-    if ! meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
-        echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (start)"
-        NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" \
-           meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs || :
-        echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (done)"
-        die "meson test failed"
-    fi
+        if ! meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
+            echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (start)"
+            NMTST_DEBUG="debug,TRACE,no-expect-message" \
+            meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs || :
+            echo ">>>> RUN SECOND TEST (done)"
+            die "meson test failed"
+        fi
 
-    if _with_valgrind; then
-        if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
-            _print_test_logs "(valgrind test)"
-            die "meson+valgrind test failed"
+        if _with_valgrind; then
+            if ! NMTST_USE_VALGRIND=1 meson test -C build -v --print-errorlogs ; then
+                _print_test_logs "(valgrind test)"
+                die "meson+valgrind test failed"
+            fi
         fi
     fi
 }