diff --git a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
index c5bbf7f11..7c62cc0cb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/CICD.yml
@@ -379,6 +379,11 @@ jobs:
         set -x
         # Regression-test for https://github.com/uutils/coreutils/issues/8701
         make UTILS="rm chmod chown chgrp mv du"
+        # Verifies that
+        # 1. there is no "error: none of the selected packages contains this
+        # feature: feat_external_libstdbuf"
+        # 2. the makefile doesn't try to install libstdbuf even though stdbuf is skipped
+        DESTDIR=/tmp/ make SKIP_UTILS="stdbuf" install
 
   build_rust_stable:
     name: Build/stable
diff --git a/GNUmakefile b/GNUmakefile
index 846bc94f5..04af26315 100644
--- a/GNUmakefile
+++ b/GNUmakefile
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ endif
 
 install: build install-manpages install-completions install-locales
 	mkdir -p $(INSTALLDIR_BIN)
-ifneq ($(OS),Windows_NT)
+ifneq (,$(and $(findstring stdbuf,$(UTILS)),$(findstring feat_external_libstdbuf,$(CARGOFLAGS))))
 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(LIBSTDBUF_DIR)
 	$(INSTALL) -m 755 $(BUILDDIR)/deps/libstdbuf* $(DESTDIR)$(LIBSTDBUF_DIR)/
 endif