diff --git a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
index 0918ee111b536..7a6c49f9135d0 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml
@@ -14,6 +14,28 @@ on:
         required: true
 
 jobs:
+  # This is on the top to give the most visibility in case of failures
+  hadoop-2:
+    name: Hadoop 2 build
+    runs-on: ubuntu-20.04
+    steps:
+    - name: Checkout Spark repository
+      uses: actions/checkout@v2
+    - name: Cache Coursier local repository
+      uses: actions/cache@v2
+      with:
+        path: ~/.cache/coursier
+        key: hadoop-2-coursier-${{ hashFiles('**/pom.xml', '**/plugins.sbt') }}
+        restore-keys: |
+          hadoop-2-coursier-
+    - name: Install Java 8
+      uses: actions/setup-java@v1
+      with:
+        java-version: 1.8
+    - name: Build with SBT
+      run: |
+        ./build/sbt -Pyarn -Pmesos -Pkubernetes -Phive -Phive-thriftserver -Phadoop-cloud -Pkinesis-asl -Phadoop-2.7 compile test:compile
+
   # Build: build Spark and run the tests for specified modules.
   build:
     name: "Build modules: ${{ matrix.modules }} ${{ matrix.comment }} (JDK ${{ matrix.java }}, ${{ matrix.hadoop }}, ${{ matrix.hive }})"