diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 4672e077..63b7c97c 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ ubuntu_jammy_pip:
     - export PATH=$PATH:$ANDROID_HOME/build-tools/33.0.0
     - fdroid=`which fdroid` ./tests/run-tests
 
+    # check localization was properly installed
+    - LANGUAGE='de' fdroid --help | grep 'Gültige Befehle sind'
+
 
 # test installation process on a bleeding edge distro with pip
 arch_pip_install: