diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e6997c8ae68..408ef3b8580 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
     "build": "npm run get-location-data && npm run build-glean && npm run build-nimbus && next build && npm run build-cronjobs",
     "cloudrun": "npm run db:migrate && npm start",
     "start": "next start",
-    "lint": "stylelint '**/*.scss' && prettier --check './src' && next lint --max-warnings=0 && tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit",
+    "lint": "stylelint '**/*.scss' && prettier --check './src' && next lint --max-warnings=0 && tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit && npm run validate-nimbus",
     "fix": "prettier --write './src' && next lint --fix && stylelint --fix '**/*.scss'",
     "test": "npm run build-nimbus && jest",
     "e2e": "playwright test src/e2e/",
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
     "build-glean-types": "node src/scripts/build/gleanTypes.js",
     "build-glean-docs": "npm run build-glean-frontend-docs && npm run build-glean-backend-docs",
     "build-glean-frontend-docs": "glean translate src/telemetry/metrics.yaml --format markdown --output docs/telemetry/frontent",
-    "build-glean-backend-docs": "glean translate src/telemetry/backend-metrics.yaml --format markdown --output docs/telemetry/backend"
+    "build-glean-backend-docs": "glean translate src/telemetry/backend-metrics.yaml --format markdown --output docs/telemetry/backend",
+    "validate-nimbus": "sh src/scripts/validate-nimbus-file.sh"
   },
   "repository": {
     "type": "git",
diff --git a/src/scripts/validate-nimbus-file.sh b/src/scripts/validate-nimbus-file.sh
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3cb52264dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/scripts/validate-nimbus-file.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+TARGET_PATH=/tmp/nimbus-cli
+NIMBUS_INSTALL_REMOTE_PATH=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mozilla/application-services/main/install-nimbus-cli.sh
+NIMBUS_INSTALL_LOCAL_PATH=$TARGET_PATH/install.sh
+
+if command -v "${TARGET_PATH}/nimbus-cli"; then
+  echo "Skip installation of \`nimbus-cli\`"
+else
+  if [ -d "${TARGET_PATH}" ]; then
+    echo "Directory for \`nimbus-cli\` already exists: $TARGET_PATH"
+  else
+    echo "Create directory for \`nimbus-cli\`: $TARGET_PATH"
+    mkdir -p $TARGET_PATH
+  fi
+
+  if [ -f "${NIMBUS_INSTALL_LOCAL_PATH}" ]; then
+    echo "Skip download of \`nimbus-cli\` installer"
+  else
+    echo "Download \`nimbus-cli\` installer from $NIMBUS_INSTALL_REMOTE_PATH to $TARGET_PATH"
+    curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf -o "$NIMBUS_INSTALL_LOCAL_PATH" "$NIMBUS_INSTALL_REMOTE_PATH"
+  fi
+
+  echo "Install \`nimbus-cli\`"
+  bash $NIMBUS_INSTALL_LOCAL_PATH --directory $TARGET_PATH
+fi
+
+echo "Lint nimbus.yaml"
+$TARGET_PATH/nimbus-cli fml -- validate config/nimbus.yaml