diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-arm.sh b/contrib/jenkins-arm.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -ex
+
+./contrib/verify_value_string_arrays_are_terminated.py $(find . -name "*.[hc]")
+
+autoreconf --install --force
+./configure --enable-static \
+	--prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-eabi \
+	--host=arm-none-eabi \
+	--enable-embedded \
+	--disable-shared \
+	CFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs"
+
+$MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE \
+	|| cat-testlogs.sh
+
+# verify build in dir other than source tree
+rm -rf *
+git checkout .
+autoreconf --install --force
+mkdir builddir
+cd builddir
+
+../configure --enable-static \
+	--prefix=/usr/local/arm-none-eabi \
+	--host=arm-none-eabi \
+	--enable-embedded \
+	--disable-shared \
+	CFLAGS="-Os -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -nostartfiles -nodefaultlibs"
+
+$MAKE $PARALLEL_MAKE \
+	|| cat-testlogs.sh