diff --git a/.github/workflows/test.yml b/.github/workflows/test.yml
index 42b79b6a..6d579490 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test.yml
@@ -55,6 +55,23 @@ jobs:
       uses: codecov/codecov-action@v3
       with:
         fail_ci_if_error: false
+
+  examples:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Set up Python 3.9
+      uses: actions/setup-python@v2
+      with:
+        python-version: "3.9"
+    - name: Install dependencies
+      run: |
+        python -m pip install --upgrade pip setuptools
+        pip install tox-gh-actions
+    - name: Run tox
+      run: |
+        tox -e examples
+
   docs:
     runs-on: ubuntu-22.04
     steps:
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f0e967ad..3f75f1a5 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -48,6 +48,17 @@ commands =
     rm -f ./*.gcov
     coverage report -m
 
+[testenv:examples]
+envdir={toxworkdir}/{envname}
+deps =
+    pytest>=7.3.1
+    scipy>=1.10.1
+    nbmake
+    deap
+    matplotlib
+    bluepyopt
+commands =
+    pytest --nbmake examples
 
 [testenv:docs]
 usedevelop=True  # to access local rst files