diff --git a/scripts/gha/build_nswitch.sh b/scripts/gha/build_nswitch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1c29f73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gha/build_nswitch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+. scripts/lib.sh
+
+# args: branch name, gamedir name
+build_hlsdk()
+{
+  echo "Building HLSDK: $1 branch..."
+  git checkout switch-$1
+  ./waf configure -T release --nswitch || die_configure
+  ./waf build || die
+  cp build/dlls/$1_nswitch_aarch64.so ../../pkgtemp/xash3d/$2/dlls/
+  cp build/cl_dll/client_nswitch_aarch64.so ../../pkgtemp/xash3d/$2/cl_dlls/
+  ./waf clean
+}
+
+export DEVKITPRO=/opt/devkitpro
+source $DEVKITPRO/switchvars.sh || die
+cd "$BUILDDIR" || die
+
+rm -rf artifacts build pkgtemp hlsdktemp
+
+mkdir -p pkgtemp/xash3d/{valve,gearbox,bshift}/{dlls,cl_dlls} || die
+
+echo "Building engine..."
+
+./waf configure -T release --nswitch || die_configure
+./waf build || die
+
+echo "Building HLSDK..."
+
+mkdir -p hlsdktemp || die
+cd hlsdktemp || die
+
+# TODO: replace with FWGS/hlsdk-portable.git when PRs are merged
+git clone --recursive https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/hlsdk-xash3d.git
+cd hlsdk-xash3d || die
+build_hlsdk hl valve
+build_hlsdk opfor gearbox
+build_hlsdk bshift bshift
+
+echo "Packaging artifacts..."
+
+cp build/engine/xash.nro pkgtemp/xash3d/xash3d.nro
+cp build/ref/gl/libref_gl.so pkgtemp/xash3d/
+cp build/ref/soft/libref_soft.so pkgtemp/xash3d/
+cp build/3rdparty/mainui/libmenu.so pkgtemp/xash3d/
+cp build/3rdparty/extras/extras.pk3 pkgtemp/xash3d/valve/
+
+mkdir -p artifacts/ || die
diff --git a/scripts/gha/deps_nswitch.sh b/scripts/gha/deps_nswitch.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..394308c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/gha/deps_nswitch.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+cd $GITHUB_WORKSPACE
+
+echo "Downloading and installing dkp-pacman..."
+
+wget https://apt.devkitpro.org/install-devkitpro-pacman
+chmod +x ./install-devkitpro-pacman
+sudo ./install-devkitpro-pacman
+sudo dkp-pacman --noconfirm -Sy
+
+echo "Downloading and installing devkitA64..."
+
+export DEVKITPRO=/opt/devkitpro
+export DEVKITA64=$DEVKITPRO/devkitA64
+export PORTLIBS=$DEVKITPRO/portlibs
+
+sudo dkp-pacman --noconfirm -S devkitA64 dkp-toolchain-vars switch-cmake switch-pkg-config 
+
+echo "Downloading and installing packaged dependencies..."
+
+sudo dkp-pacman --noconfirm -S libnx switch-mesa switch-libdrm_nouveau switch-sdl2
+
+echo "Downloading and installing libsolder..."
+
+git clone https://github.com/fgsfdsfgs/libsolder.git
+
+pushd ./libsolder
+make && make install
+popd