diff --git a/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml b/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
index 2f25304b7..f28f89eb4 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/go-test.yaml
@@ -13,3 +13,10 @@ jobs:
       - uses: actions/checkout@v2
       - name: go-test
         run: CONTAINER_CMD=docker make containerized-test TARGET=go-test
+  go-test-api:
+    name: go-test-api
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v2
+      - name: go-test-api
+        run: CONTAINER_CMD=docker make containerized-test TARGET=go-test-api
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index edb06dead..065e527c4 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ go-test: check-env
 	TEST_COVERAGE="$(TEST_COVERAGE)" GO_COVER_DIR="$(GO_COVER_DIR)" GO_TAGS="$(GO_TAGS)" ./scripts/test-go.sh
 
 go-test-api: check-env
-	@pushd api/deploy/ocp && go test -v ./... && popd
+	@pushd api && ../scripts/test-go.sh && popd
 
 mod-check: check-env
 	@echo 'running: go mod verify'
diff --git a/scripts/test-go.sh b/scripts/test-go.sh
index 9dd18e1b1..379c6de56 100755
--- a/scripts/test-go.sh
+++ b/scripts/test-go.sh
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-GOPACKAGES="$(go list -mod=vendor ./... | grep -v -e vendor -e e2e)"
+MOD_VENDOR=$(test -d vendor && echo '-mod=vendor')
+GOPACKAGES="$(go list "${MOD_VENDOR}" ./... | grep -v -e vendor -e e2e)"
 COVERFILE="${GO_COVER_DIR}/profile.cov"
 
 # no special options, exec to go test w/ all pkgs
 if [[ "${TEST_EXITFIRST}" != "yes" && -z "${TEST_COVERAGE}" ]]; then
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-	exec go test "${GO_TAGS}" -mod=vendor -v ${GOPACKAGES}
+	exec go test ${GO_TAGS} ${MOD_VENDOR} -v ${GOPACKAGES}
 fi
 
 # our options are set so we need to handle each go package one
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ failed=0
 for gopackage in ${GOPACKAGES}; do
 	echo "--- testing: ${gopackage} ---"
 	# shellcheck disable=SC2086
-	go test "${GO_TAGS}" -mod=vendor -v ${GOTESTOPTS[*]} "${gopackage}" || ((failed += 1))
+	go test "${GO_TAGS}" "${MOD_VENDOR}" -v ${GOTESTOPTS[*]} "${gopackage}" || ((failed += 1))
 	if [[ -f cover.out ]]; then
 		# Append to coverfile
 		grep -v "^mode: count" cover.out >>"${COVERFILE}"