diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_utils.py b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_utils.py
index 68b9bb4968399..dacfd4b792848 100755
--- a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_utils.py
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_utils.py
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ def remove_file_match_ext(directory: str, extension: str) -> str:
         extension (str): The regular expression pattern to match filenames against.
     """
     print_fancy(f"Removing gcda files from {directory}")
-    log.add(f"\nfind {directory} -name \*.gcda -exec rm {{}} \;")
+    log.add(f"\nfind {directory} -name \\*.gcda -exec rm {{}} \\;")
     pattern = "." + extension
     count = 0
     for currentdir, _, files in os.walk(directory):
diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/alma10-minimal.txt b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/alma10-minimal.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bb36a98d974a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/alma10-minimal.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+builtin_vdt=ON
+builtin_zlib=ON
+builtin_zstd=ON
diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global-minimal.txt b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global-minimal.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7084a7d8fdc4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global-minimal.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+alien=OFF
+all=OFF
+arrow=OFF
+asan=OFF
+asserts=OFF
+builtin_cfitsio=OFF
+builtin_clang=ON
+builtin_cling=ON
+builtin_cppzmq=ON
+builtin_davix=OFF
+builtin_fftw3=OFF
+builtin_freetype=OFF
+builtin_ftgl=OFF
+builtin_gl2ps=OFF
+builtin_glew=OFF
+builtin_gsl=OFF
+builtin_llvm=ON
+builtin_lz4=OFF
+builtin_lzma=OFF
+builtin_nlohmannjson=OFF
+builtin_openssl=OFF
+builtin_openui5=ON
+builtin_pcre=OFF
+builtin_tbb=OFF
+builtin_unuran=OFF
+builtin_vc=OFF
+builtin_vdt=OFF
+builtin_veccore=OFF
+builtin_xrootd=OFF
+builtin_xxhash=OFF
+builtin_zeromq=ON
+builtin_zlib=OFF
+builtin_zstd=OFF
+ccache=ON
+cefweb=OFF
+check_connection=OFF
+clingtest=OFF
+cocoa=OFF
+coverage=OFF
+cuda=OFF
+daos=OFF
+dcache=OFF
+dev=OFF
+distcc=OFF
+fail-on-missing=ON
+fcgi=OFF
+gminimal=OFF
+gnuinstall=OFF
+gsl_shared=OFF
+gviz=OFF
+jemalloc=OFF
+libcxx=OFF
+macos_native=OFF
+memory_termination=OFF
+minimal=ON
+mpi=OFF
+pythia8=OFF
+qt6web=OFF
+r=OFF
+rootbench=OFF
+roottest=ON
+runtime_cxxmodules=ON
+shadowpw=OFF
+shared=ON
+soversion=OFF
+tcmalloc=OFF
+testing=ON
+tmva-gpu=OFF
+tmva-cudnn=OFF
+tmva-pymva=OFF
+tmva-rmva=OFF
+tmva-sofie=OFF
+unfold=ON
+unuran=ON
+uring=OFF
+vc=OFF
+veccore=OFF
+vecgeom=OFF
+win_broken_tests=OFF
+winrtdebug=OFF
diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global.txt b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global.txt
index 41becbb38f9f0..2809be1cbcade 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global.txt
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/global.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ davix=ON
 dcache=OFF
 dev=OFF
 distcc=OFF
-fail-on-missing=On
+fail-on-missing=ON
 fcgi=OFF
 fftw3=ON
 fitsio=ON
diff --git a/.github/workflows/root-ci.yml b/.github/workflows/root-ci.yml
index b50bc971b85eb..260c5060460f2 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/root-ci.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/root-ci.yml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ jobs:
       - ${{ matrix.platform }}
 
     name: |
-      ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.arch }} 
+      ${{ matrix.platform }} ${{ matrix.arch }}
       ${{ (github.event_name != 'schedule' && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && join( matrix.overrides, ', ' )) || '' }}
 
     steps:
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ jobs:
 
       - name: Set up curl CA bundle for Davix to work with https
         run: 'echo SSL_CERT_FILE=/opt/local/share/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt >> $GITHUB_ENV'
-        
+
       - name: Pull Request Build
         shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
         if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ jobs:
           HOME: /Users/sftnight
           INCREMENTAL: ${{ !contains(github.event.pull_request.labels.*.name, 'clean build') && !matrix.platform == 'mac15' && !matrix.platform == 'mac26'}}
           GITHUB_PR_ORIGIN: ${{ github.event.pull_request.head.repo.clone_url }}
-        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py 
+        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py
                     --buildtype       RelWithDebInfo
                     --incremental     $INCREMENTAL
                     --base_ref        ${{ github.base_ref }}
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Workflow dispatch
         shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
         if: ${{ github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' && !matrix.is_special }}
-        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py 
+        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py
                     --buildtype      ${{ inputs.buildtype }}
                     --platform       ${{ matrix.platform }}
                     --incremental    ${{ inputs.incremental }}
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Nightly build
         shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
         if:   github.event_name == 'schedule'
-        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py 
+        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py
                     --buildtype      Release
                     --platform       ${{ matrix.platform }}
                     --incremental    false
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Update build cache after push to release branch
         shell: bash -leo pipefail {0}
         if:   github.event_name == 'push'
-        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py 
+        run: ".github/workflows/root-ci-config/build_root.py
                     --buildtype      RelWithDebInfo
                     --platform       ${{ matrix.platform }}
                     --incremental    false
@@ -383,6 +383,10 @@ jobs:
           - image: alma9
             overrides: ["CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug"]
           - image: alma10
+          # Minimal build
+          - image: alma10
+            minimal: true
+            property: "Minimal build"
           - image: ubuntu22
             overrides: ["imt=Off", "CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug"]
           - image: ubuntu2404
@@ -418,7 +422,7 @@ jobs:
             is_special: true
             property: "Fedora pydebug"
             overrides: ["CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=23"]
-          # Disable GPU builds until the DNS problem is solved  
+          # Disable GPU builds until the DNS problem is solved
           # - image: ubuntu2404-cuda
           #   is_special: true
           #   property: gpu
@@ -490,6 +494,19 @@ jobs:
         run:  'printf "%s@%s\\n" "$(whoami)" "$(hostname)";
                ls -la
               '
+      - name: Apply option minimal request from matrix for this job
+        if: ${{ matrix.minimal == true }}
+        env:
+          GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR: '.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig'
+          CONFIGFILE_STEM: '.github/workflows/root-ci-config/buildconfig/${{ matrix.image }}'
+        run: |
+          echo "Applying minimal request options"
+          # Add commands to apply minimal request options here
+          set -x
+          cp "$GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR/global-minimal.txt" "$GLOBAL_CONFIG_DIR/global.txt"
+          if [ -f "${CONFIGFILE_STEM}-minimal.txt" ]; then
+            cp "${CONFIGFILE_STEM}-minimal.txt" "${CONFIGFILE_STEM}.txt"
+          fi
 
       - name: Apply option overrides from matrix for this job for all builds except non-special nightlies and releases
         if: ${{ ( github.event_name != 'schedule' || matrix.is_special) && github.event_name != 'workflow_dispatch' && matrix.overrides != NaN }}