diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
index 79cbe35bb282256ded200067d88531101ad0e4c0..1ab043198baab3b841632a991173047387e71ddf 100644
--- a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
+++ b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ FROM paritytech/substrate-playground-template-base:sha-0793587
 # Here the whole repo is already accessible at . (thanks to the inherited image)
 
 RUN cargo build --release
+RUN cargo check