diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0ff99bf60..d33ffb06b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ on:
         default: '1.17.x'
         required: false
         type: string
+      python-version:
+        description: 'Version of the Python toolchain for the build'
+        default: '3.9.x'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       goreleaser-flags:
         description: 'Command-line flags to pass to goreleaser'
         default: '-p 3 -f .goreleaser.build.yml --snapshot --skip-validate'
@@ -75,3 +80,45 @@ jobs:
         with:
             name: pulumi-windows-x64.zip
             path: goreleaser/pulumi*-windows-x64.zip
+
+  build_python_sdk:
+    name: Build Pulumi Python SDK wheel
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout Repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          ref: ${{ env.PR_COMMIT_SHA }}
+      - name: Fetch Tags
+        run: |
+          git fetch --quiet --prune --unshallow --tags
+      - name: Install pulumictl
+        uses: jaxxstorm/action-install-gh-release@v1.2.0
+        with:
+          repo: pulumi/pulumictl
+      # - name: Install python3
+      #   run: |
+      #      DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install python3 python3-venv --yes
+      - name: Set up Python ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+        uses: actions/setup-python@v1
+        with:
+          python-version: ${{ inputs.python-version }}
+      - name: Compute current version to inform wheel build
+        run: |
+          echo "PYPY_VERSION=$(pulumictl get version --language python)" >> $GITHUB_ENV
+      - name: Build Pulumi Python SDK wheel
+        run: |
+            # TODO unify with sdk/python/Makefile once that does not use pyenv
+            cp README.md sdk/python/lib
+            cd sdk/python/lib
+            sed -i.bak "s/\${VERSION}/$PYPY_VERSION/g" setup.py
+            rm setup.py.bak
+            python3 -m venv venv
+            source venv/bin/activate
+            python -m pip install wheel
+            python setup.py build bdist_wheel --python-tag py3
+      - name: Upload pulumi.whl
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+            name: pulumi.whl
+            path: sdk/python/lib/dist/*.whl
diff --git a/.github/workflows/run-build-and-acceptance-tests.yml b/.github/workflows/run-build-and-acceptance-tests.yml
index f009a521f..28c1e7c12 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/run-build-and-acceptance-tests.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/run-build-and-acceptance-tests.yml
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ concurrency:
 jobs:
 
   build-pulumi-binaries:
-    uses: pulumi/pulumi/.github/workflows/build.yml@014d471073670e35058c29ef22e7943217982357
+    uses: pulumi/pulumi/.github/workflows/build.yml@2707167992b611c01c8ac3b56aa98c84864c8c25
 
   inspect-pulumi-binaries:
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest