diff --git a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
index 124fbcbfd2..91051a9965 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/docker.yaml
@@ -84,6 +84,11 @@ jobs:
           docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/gunicorn.conf.py
           docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/requirements.txt
           docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/InvenTree/manage.py
+          # Check that backend translations were compiled into the image (a few representative languages)
+          docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/InvenTree/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
+          docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/InvenTree/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
+          docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/InvenTree/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
+          docker run --rm inventree-test test -f /home/inventree/src/backend/InvenTree/locale/zh_Hans/LC_MESSAGES/django.mo
       - name: Build Docker Image
         # Build the development docker image (using docker-compose.yml)
         run: docker compose --project-directory . -f contrib/container/dev-docker-compose.yml build --no-cache