diff --git a/.github/workflows/modin.yml b/.github/workflows/modin.yml
index 86b863928f..884293b6a8 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/modin.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/modin.yml
@@ -62,3 +62,4 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests
         run: |
           $CONDA/bin/conda run -n ${{ env.CONDA_ENV }} sh -c "python -c 'import pyhdk'"
+          $CONDA/bin/conda run -n ${{ env.CONDA_ENV }} sh -c "pwd && python python/tests/modin/modin_smoke_test.py"
diff --git a/python/tests/modin/modin_smoke_test.py b/python/tests/modin/modin_smoke_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..74f8afe430
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python/tests/modin/modin_smoke_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import os
+os.environ['MODIN_STORAGE_FORMAT'] = 'omnisci'
+import modin.pandas as pd
+a = pd.DataFrame([[1, 11]], columns=['a', 'b'])
+a['a'] = a['a'] + a['b']
+print(a['a'])
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