diff --git a/.github/workflows/Downstream.yml b/.github/workflows/Downstream.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a432b79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/Downstream.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+name: Trixi.jl downstream test
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      trixi_branch:
+        type: string
+        description: 'Branch of Trixi.jl to check out'
+        required: false
+        default: 'main'
+
+# Cancel redundant CI tests automatically
+concurrency:
+  group: ${{ github.workflow }}-${{ github.ref }}
+  cancel-in-progress: true
+
+jobs:
+  test:
+    name: ${{ matrix.os }} - ${{ inputs.trixi_branch }} - ${{ matrix.test }}
+    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        julia-version:
+          - '1.10'
+        os:
+          - ubuntu-latest
+        julia-arch:
+          - x64
+        test:
+          - t8code_part1
+          - mpi
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+
+      - name: Enable Julia cache
+        uses: julia-actions/cache@v3
+
+      - name: Install Julia
+        uses: julia-actions/setup-julia@v3
+        with:
+          version: ${{ matrix.julia-version }}
+          arch: ${{ matrix.julia-arch }}
+          show-versioninfo: true
+      
+      - name: Retrieve downstream package
+        uses: actions/checkout@v7
+        with:
+          repository: trixi-framework/Trixi.jl
+          ref: ${{ inputs.trixi_branch }}
+          path: downstream
+
+      - name: Load upstream package into downstream environment
+        shell: julia --color=yes --project=downstream {0}
+        run: |
+          using Pkg
+          Pkg.develop(PackageSpec(path="."))
+          Pkg.update()
+
+      - name: Run downstream tests (without coverage)
+        shell: julia --color=yes --project=downstream {0}
+        run: |
+          using Pkg
+          Pkg.test(coverage=false)
+        env:
+          TRIXI_TEST: ${{ matrix.test }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index eed19b4..e2ad9fd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -185,12 +185,18 @@ jobs:
 
       # Add an explicit precompile step where we expect t8code_jll to fail
       # https://github.com/DLR-AMR/T8code.jl/pull/143#issuecomment-5783271942
+      # Make sure T8code loads without errors
       - name: Precompile (nightly)
         if: matrix.mpi-provider == 'SYSTEM_MPI' && matrix.julia-version == 'nightly'
         shell: julia --code-coverage=@/home/runner/work/T8code.jl/T8code.jl --color=yes --warn-overwrite=yes --depwarn=yes --inline=yes --startup-file=no --track-allocation=none --check-bounds=yes --compiled-modules=yes --depwarn=yes --project=. {0}
         run: |
           using Pkg
-          Pkg.precompile(; skip_dependents=false)
+          try
+            Pkg.precompile(; skip_dependents=false)
+          finally
+            using T8code
+            @info "T8code loaded successfully."
+          end
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Precompile
@@ -198,7 +204,12 @@ jobs:
         shell: julia --code-coverage=@/home/runner/work/T8code.jl/T8code.jl --color=yes --warn-overwrite=yes --depwarn=yes --inline=yes --startup-file=no --track-allocation=none --check-bounds=yes --compiled-modules=yes --depwarn=yes --project=. {0}
         run: |
           using Pkg
-          Pkg.precompile()
+          try
+            Pkg.precompile()
+          finally
+            using T8code
+            @info "T8code loaded successfully."
+          end
         continue-on-error: true
 
       - name: Run Julia tests