diff --git a/.zuul.yaml b/.zuul.yaml
index bd876707..4e36ce9b 100644
--- a/.zuul.yaml
+++ b/.zuul.yaml
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@
     check:
       jobs:
         - airship-drydock-omni-test
+        - airship-drydock-chart-build-gate
         - airship-drydock-docker-build-gate
 
     gate:
       jobs:
         - airship-drydock-omni-test
+        - airship-drydock-chart-build-gate
         - airship-drydock-docker-build-gate
 
     post:
@@ -41,6 +43,14 @@
     timeout: 900
     nodeset: airship-drydock-single-node
 
+- job:
+    name: airship-drydock-chart-build-gate
+    timeout: 900
+    run: tools/gate/playbooks/build-charts.yaml
+    nodeset: airship-drydock-single-node
+    files:
+      - ^charts/.*$
+
 - job:
     name: airship-drydock-docker-build-gate
     timeout: 1800
diff --git a/tools/gate/playbooks/build-charts.yaml b/tools/gate/playbooks/build-charts.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4e93360a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/gate/playbooks/build-charts.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Copyright 2019, AT&T Intellectual Property
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+- hosts: primary
+  tasks:
+    - name: Build charts
+      shell: |
+        make charts
+      args:
+        chdir: "{{ zuul.project.src_dir }}"