diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
index 0ea0e2b..e79e48d 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/build.yml
@@ -14,8 +14,18 @@ jobs:
     steps:
       - name: Checkout
         uses: actions/checkout@v3
-        with:
-          lfs: true
+      # Workaround for broken LFS checkout, see https://gitea.com/gitea/act_runner/issues/164
+      - name: Checkout LFS
+        run: |
+          UrlBase=$GITHUB_SERVER_URL
+          UrlLfsBase=$UrlBase/${{ gitea.repository }}.git/info/lfs/objects
+          git config --local http.${UrlLfsBase}/batch.extraheader "$(git config --get --local http.$UrlBase/.extraheader)"
+          git config --local http.${UrlLfsBase}/.extraheader ''
+
+          git config --local lfs.transfer.maxretries 1
+
+          git lfs fetch    origin refs/remotes/origin/${{ gitea.ref_name }}
+          git lfs checkout
       - name: Setup dotnet
         uses: https://github.com/actions/setup-dotnet@v3
         with: