diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 5abc0936b..4ad125a57 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ pipeline{
 			steps {
 				sh "sudo DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive apt-get install -yq build-essential mtools libssl-dev pkg-config"
 				sh "sudo apt-get install -yq flex bison libelf-dev qemu-utils qemu-system libglib2.0-dev libpixman-1-dev libseccomp-dev socat"
+				sh "sudo snap install docker"
 			}
 		}
 		stage ('Install Rust') {
@@ -25,6 +26,11 @@ pipeline{
 				sh "scripts/run_cargo_tests.sh"
 			}
 		}
+		stage ('Run OpenAPI tests') {
+			steps {
+				sh "scripts/run_openapi_tests.sh"
+			}
+		}
 		stage ('Run unit tests') {
 			steps {
 				sh "scripts/run_unit_tests.sh"
diff --git a/scripts/run_openapi_tests.sh b/scripts/run_openapi_tests.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..04ca14d59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/run_openapi_tests.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+set -x
+
+sudo docker run --rm -v ${PWD}:/local openapitools/openapi-generator-cli validate -i /local/vmm/src/api/openapi/cloud-hypervisor.yaml