diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
index 101ea138..e7969434 100644
--- a/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/action.yml
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ inputs:
 runs:
   using: 'composite'
   steps:
+    - name: Free up disk space
+      shell: bash
+      run: ${{ github.action_path }}/free_disk_space.sh
     - shell: bash
       run: |
         echo $HOME
diff --git a/.github/actions/setup/free_disk_space.sh b/.github/actions/setup/free_disk_space.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000..15524194
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/actions/setup/free_disk_space.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Script to free up disk space on CI systems
+# Source: https://github.com/apache/flink/blob/02d30ace69dc18555a5085eccf70ee884e73a16e/tools/azure-pipelines/free_disk_space.sh
+
+echo "Freeing up disk space on CI system"
+
+echo "Listing 100 largest packages"
+dpkg-query -Wf '${Installed-Size}\t${Package}\n' | sort -n | tail -n 100
+df -h
+
+echo "Removing large packages"
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^ghc-8.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^dotnet-.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y '^llvm-.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y 'php.*'
+sudo apt-get remove -y azure-cli google-cloud-sdk hhvm google-chrome-stable firefox powershell mono-devel
+sudo apt-get autoremove -y
+sudo apt-get clean
+df -h
+
+echo "Removing large directories"
+rm -rf /usr/share/dotnet/
+df -h
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