diff --git a/.github/workflows/ci.yml b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7dbea801
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/ci.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+name: CI
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - master
+      - 'v*' # older version branches
+    tags:
+      - '*'
+
+  pull_request: {}
+  schedule:
+  - cron:  '0 6 * * 0' # weekly, on sundays
+
+jobs:
+  lint:
+    name: Lint
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: '12.x'
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines
+    - name: lint
+      run: yarn lint:js
+
+  test:
+    name: "Node ${{ matrix.node }} - ${{ matrix.os }}"
+    runs-on: "${{matrix.os}}-latest"
+
+    strategy:
+      matrix:
+        os: ['ubuntu', 'windows', 'macOS']
+        node: ['6', '8', '10', '12', '14']
+        exclude:
+          # excludes node 14 on macOS, this is because
+          # ember-cli (until ~ 3.12) calls
+          # `fs.writeFileSync('./tmp/.metadata_never_index)` on macOS platforms
+          # to instruct spotlight to avoid indexing the local tmp folder
+          # unfortunately, ember-cli does not pass a value for second arg (the
+          # content to write) and Node 14 added an assertion
+          #
+          # TODO: delete this when we have dropped Node 6 and can update
+          # ember-cli to a version that doesn't do this
+          - os: 'macOS'
+            node: '14'
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: ${{ matrix.node }}
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: yarn install --frozen-lockfile --ignore-engines
+    - name: test
+      run: yarn test
+
+  floating-test:
+    name: Floating dependencies
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - uses: actions/setup-node@v1
+      with:
+        node-version: '12.x'
+    - name: install dependencies
+      run: yarn install --no-lockfile --ignore-engines
+    - name: test
+      run: yarn test
+
diff --git a/node-tests/addon-test.js b/node-tests/addon-test.js
index 19c7ff29..8b8f4ec6 100644
--- a/node-tests/addon-test.js
+++ b/node-tests/addon-test.js
@@ -1383,7 +1383,7 @@ describe('EmberData Packages Polyfill', function() {
       let linkPath = path.join(fixturifyProject.root, '/whatever/node_modules/ember-cli-babel');
       let addonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../');
       rimraf.sync(linkPath);
-      fs.symlinkSync(addonPath, linkPath);
+      fs.symlinkSync(addonPath, linkPath, 'junction');
       unlink = () => {
         fs.unlinkSync(linkPath);
       };
@@ -1401,8 +1401,15 @@ describe('EmberData Packages Polyfill', function() {
 
   afterEach(co.wrap(function*() {
     unlink();
-    yield input.dispose();
-    yield output.dispose();
+
+    if (input) {
+      yield input.dispose();
+    }
+
+    if (output) {
+      yield output.dispose();
+    }
+
     // shut down workers after the tests are run so that mocha doesn't hang
     yield terminateWorkerPool();
   }));
@@ -1587,7 +1594,7 @@ describe('EmberData Packages Polyfill - ember-cli-babel for ember-data', functio
       let linkPath = path.join(fixturifyProject.root, `/whatever/node_modules/${p}/node_modules/ember-cli-babel`);
       let addonPath = path.resolve(__dirname, '../');
       rimraf.sync(linkPath);
-      fs.symlinkSync(addonPath, linkPath);
+      fs.symlinkSync(addonPath, linkPath, 'junction');
       unlink = () => {
         fs.unlinkSync(linkPath);
       };
@@ -1607,8 +1614,15 @@ describe('EmberData Packages Polyfill - ember-cli-babel for ember-data', functio
 
   afterEach(co.wrap(function*() {
     unlink();
-    yield input.dispose();
-    yield output.dispose();
+
+    if (input) {
+      yield input.dispose();
+    }
+
+    if (output) {
+      yield output.dispose();
+    }
+
     // shut down workers after the tests are run so that mocha doesn't hang
     yield terminateWorkerPool();
   }));