diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -1,7 +1,14 @@
 
 stages:
+  - validate
   - build
 
+validate:
+  stage: validate
+  script:
+    - make validate
+  image: mcr.microsoft.com/dotnet/sdk:3.1-focal
+
 build-debug:
   stage: build
   script: