diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 3372ffb5..9c82f949 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ jobs:
 
   sqlx:
     uses: ./.github/workflows/sqlx.yml
+    
+  build-pyauditor-source:
+    uses: ./.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_source.yml
 
   build-pyauditor-linux:
     strategy:
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ jobs:
 
   release-pyauditor:
     if: "startsWith(github.ref, 'refs/tags/')"
-    needs: [build-pyauditor-linux, build-pyauditor-windows, build-pyauditor-macos, prepare-input-parameters]
+    needs: [build-pyauditor-source, build-pyauditor-linux, build-pyauditor-windows, build-pyauditor-macos, prepare-input-parameters]
     uses: ./.github/workflows/release_pyauditor.yml
     with:
       python-version: ${{ needs.prepare-input-parameters.outputs.python_version }}
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_linux.yml
index 2f4f7286..a6f261cd 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_linux.yml
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ jobs:
           target: x86_64
           manylinux: auto
           command: build
-          args: --release --sdist -o dist --interpreter python${{ inputs.python-version }} --manifest-path pyauditor/Cargo.toml
+          args: --release -o dist --interpreter python${{ inputs.python-version }} --manifest-path pyauditor/Cargo.toml
 
       - name: Upload wheel
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_source.yml b/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_source.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..04552a69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_pyauditor_source.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+name: build-pyauditor-source
+
+on:
+  workflow_call:
+
+jobs:
+  build-pyauditor:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Cache dependencies
+        uses: Swatinem/rust-cache@v2
+        with:
+          shared-key: cache-dependencies-pyauditor
+
+      # We need to somehow get the SQLX_OFFLINE env variable into the container.
+      # Since `maturin-action` doesn't enable us to do that, we have to tell cargo
+      # via its configuration.
+      - name: Create fake .cargo/config.toml
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p .cargo
+          echo -e "[env]\nSQLX_OFFLINE = \"true\"" >> .cargo/config.toml
+
+      - name: Maturin
+        uses: messense/maturin-action@v1
+        with:
+          maturin-version: v1.2.3
+          target: x86_64
+          manylinux: auto
+          command: build
+          args: --release --sdist -o dist --interpreter --manifest-path pyauditor/Cargo.toml
+
+      - name: Upload sdist wheel
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v4
+        with:
+          path: dist/*.gz
+          name: pyauditor-wheels-source
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4f774424..eb040e34 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Dependencies: Update wiremock from 0.5.21 to 0.5.22 ([@QuantumDancer](https://github.com/QuantumDancer))
 - CI: Replace unmaintained actions-rs/audit-check action with maintained one from rustsec ([@QuantumDancer](https://github.com/QuantumDancer))
 - CI: Introduce dependency between pyauditor release and release of python packages ([@dirksammel](https://github.com/dirksammel))
+- CI: Add extra workflow for building the pyaudtitor source distribution ([@dirksammel](https://github.com/dirksammel))
 - Apel plugin: Replace all URL encodings in meta fields with single-character equivalent ([@dirksammel](https://github.com/dirksammel))
 - Apel plugin: Use advanced querying for filtering records ([@dirksammel](https://github.com/dirksammel))
 - Apel plugin: Rename summary record field `Infrastructure` to `InfrastructureType` ([@dirksammel](https://github.com/dirksammel))