diff --git a/contrib/jenkins.sh b/contrib/jenkins.sh
index 108a73ab7..656f02f71 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 set -ex
 
+./contrib/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py $(find . -name "*.[hc]")
+
 autoreconf --install --force
 ./configure --enable-static --enable-sanitize
 $MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE check \