diff --git a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
index cac14f05a866..00ddca4fb54c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/http3-linux.yml
@@ -232,6 +232,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-ngtcp2=$HOME/ngtcp2/build --enable-warnings --enable-werror --enable-debug --disable-ntlm
               --with-test-nghttpx="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               --with-openssl=$HOME/quictls/build --enable-ssls-export
+              --with-libuv
 
           - name: gnutls
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '$HOME/gnutls/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig'
@@ -240,6 +241,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-ngtcp2=$HOME/ngtcp2/build --enable-warnings --enable-werror --enable-debug
               --with-test-nghttpx="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               --with-gnutls=$HOME/gnutls/build --enable-ssls-export
+              --with-libuv
 
           - name: wolfssl
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '$HOME/wolfssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig'
@@ -249,6 +251,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-test-nghttpx="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               --with-wolfssl=$HOME/wolfssl/build
               --enable-ech --enable-ssls-export
+              --with-libuv
 
           - name: wolfssl
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '$HOME/wolfssl/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp3/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/ngtcp2/build/lib/pkgconfig:$HOME/nghttp2/build/lib/pkgconfig'
@@ -257,6 +260,7 @@ jobs:
               -DTEST_NGHTTPX="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               -DHTTPD_NGHTTPX="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               -DUSE_ECH=ON
+              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
           - name: openssl-quic
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '$HOME/openssl/build/lib64/pkgconfig'
@@ -266,6 +270,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-test-nghttpx="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               --with-openssl=$HOME/openssl/build --with-openssl-quic
               --with-nghttp3=$HOME/nghttp3/build
+              --with-libuv
 
           - name: quiche
             configure: >-
@@ -275,6 +280,7 @@ jobs:
               --with-quiche=$HOME/quiche/target/release
               --with-test-nghttpx="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               --with-ca-fallback
+              --with-libuv
 
           - name: quiche
             PKG_CONFIG_PATH: '$HOME/quiche/target/release'
@@ -284,6 +290,7 @@ jobs:
               -DTEST_NGHTTPX="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               -DHTTPD_NGHTTPX="$HOME/nghttp2/build/bin/nghttpx"
               -DCURL_CA_FALLBACK=ON
+              -DCURL_USE_LIBUV=ON
 
     steps:
       - name: 'install prereqs'
@@ -295,7 +302,7 @@ jobs:
             libpsl-dev libbrotli-dev libzstd-dev zlib1g-dev libev-dev libc-ares-dev \
             nettle-dev libp11-kit-dev libtspi-dev libunistring-dev guile-2.2-dev libtasn1-bin \
             libtasn1-6-dev libidn2-0-dev gawk gperf libtss2-dev dns-root-data bison gtk-doc-tools \
-            texinfo texlive texlive-extra-utils autopoint libev-dev \
+            texinfo texlive texlive-extra-utils autopoint libev-dev libuv1-dev \
             apache2 apache2-dev libnghttp2-dev vsftpd
           python3 -m venv $HOME/venv
           echo 'CC=gcc-12' >> $GITHUB_ENV
@@ -490,9 +497,10 @@ jobs:
           source $HOME/venv/bin/activate
           python3 -m pip install -r tests/http/requirements.txt
 
-      - name: 'run pytest'
+      - name: 'run pytest event based'
         env:
           TFLAGS: '${{ matrix.build.tflags }}'
+          CURL_TEST_EVENT: 1
           CURL_CI: github
           PYTEST_ADDOPTS: '--color=yes'
         run: |
diff --git a/lib/vtls/gtls.c b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
index 84cb38739886..9bd75181ea2d 100644
--- a/lib/vtls/gtls.c
+++ b/lib/vtls/gtls.c
@@ -1951,8 +1951,9 @@ static CURLcode gtls_connect_common(struct Curl_cfilter *cf,
     *done = FALSE;
     return CURLE_OK;
   }
-  *done = ((connssl->connecting_state == ssl_connect_1) ||
+  *done = ((connssl->state == ssl_connection_complete) ||
            (connssl->state == ssl_connection_deferred));
+  CURL_TRC_CF(data, cf, "gtls_connect_common() -> %d, done=%d", result, *done);
   return result;
 }