diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index 82441c05d524..4bf6b44e2003 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -271,6 +271,32 @@ jobs:
       env:
         RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
 
+  # Perform all tests (debug mode) for `wasmtime` with the experimental x64
+  # backend. This runs on the nightly channel of Rust (because of issues with
+  # unifying Cargo features on stable) on Ubuntu.
+  test_x64:
+    name: Test x64 new backend
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      with:
+        submodules: true
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/install-rust
+      with:
+        toolchain: nightly-2020-08-25
+    - uses: ./.github/actions/define-llvm-env
+
+    # Install wasm32 targets in order to build various tests throughout the
+    # repo.
+    - run: rustup target add wasm32-wasi
+    - run: rustup target add wasm32-unknown-unknown
+
+    # Run the x64 CI script.
+    - run: ./ci/run-experimental-x64-ci.sh
+      env:
+        CARGO_VERSION: "+nightly-2020-08-25"
+        RUST_BACKTRACE: 1
+
   # Verify that cranelift's code generation is deterministic
   meta_determinist_check:
     name: Meta deterministic check
diff --git a/ci/run-experimental-x64-ci.sh b/ci/run-experimental-x64-ci.sh
index 0997084c8cc8..edadba2b9c84 100755
--- a/ci/run-experimental-x64-ci.sh
+++ b/ci/run-experimental-x64-ci.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-cargo +nightly \
+# Use the Nightly variant of the compiler to properly unify the
+# experimental_x64 feature across all crates.  Once the feature has stabilized
+# and become the default, we can remove this.
+CARGO_VERSION=${CARGO_VERSION:-"+nightly"}
+
+cargo $CARGO_VERSION \
             -Zfeatures=all -Zpackage-features \
             test \
             --features test-programs/test_programs \