diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
index a7423e9eb6..95a2b8adfc 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-suite.yml
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ jobs:
       run: rustup update stable
     - name: Run cargo audit to identify known security vulnerabilities reported to the RustSec Advisory Database
       run:  make audit
+  cargo-vendor:
+    name: cargo-vendor
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    needs: cargo-fmt
+    steps:
+    - uses: actions/checkout@v1
+    - name: Run cargo vendor to make sure dependencies can be vendored for packaging, reproducibility and archival purpose
+      run:  CARGO_HOME=$(readlink -f $HOME) make vendor
   cargo-udeps:
     name: cargo-udeps
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 072ba0353e..6856635ebd 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -166,6 +166,10 @@ audit:
 	cargo install --force cargo-audit
 	cargo audit --ignore RUSTSEC-2020-0071 --ignore RUSTSEC-2020-0159
 
+# Runs `cargo vendor` to make sure dependencies can be vendored for packaging, reproducibility and archival purpose.
+vendor:
+	cargo vendor
+
 # Runs `cargo udeps` to check for unused dependencies
 udeps:
 	cargo +$(PINNED_NIGHTLY) udeps --tests --all-targets --release