diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a0fa4bdd..ffd75b2d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -79,11 +79,13 @@ addons:
     - jq
     - ansible
     - python-gobject
-      python-six
+    - python-six
+    - python3-pip
     - libosinfo-1.0
     - gir1.2-libosinfo-1.0
     - intltool
 before_script:
+- pip install PyYAML
 - sudo mount --make-rshared /
 - bash -x ci/ci/extra/get-kubevirt-releases
 - bash -x ci/prepare-host $CPLATFORM
diff --git a/travis_ci/check-validations.py b/travis_ci/check-validations.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8ac7d384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/travis_ci/check-validations.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#! python
+
+import logging
+import os
+import os.path
+import yaml
+import sys
+import json
+
+def checkValidations(path):
+    templates = [f for f in os.listdir(path) if os.path.isfile(os.path.join(path, f))]
+    for template in templates:
+        with open(path + "/" + template, 'r') as stream:
+            try:
+                template = yaml.safe_load(stream)
+
+                if template == None: 
+                    logging.info("Empty template file: %s", template)
+                    continue
+
+                logging.info("Checking " + template["metadata"]["name"])
+
+                try:
+                    json.loads(template["metadata"]["annotations"]["validations"])
+                except Exception as e:
+                    logging.info("Validation is not json")
+                    raise e
+
+            except yaml.YAMLError as exc:
+                raise exc
+
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+    logging.info("Running syntax check for validations in common templates")
+    
+    try:
+        checkValidations("dist/templates")
+    except Exception as e:
+        logging.error(e)
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    
+
diff --git a/travis_ci/test_syntax.sh b/travis_ci/test_syntax.sh
index 49aa5d19..fbbd40c1 100755
--- a/travis_ci/test_syntax.sh
+++ b/travis_ci/test_syntax.sh
@@ -25,3 +25,5 @@ templates=("dist/templates/*.yaml")
 for template in $templates; do
     oc process -f "$template" NAME=test PVCNAME=test || exit 1;
 done
+
+python3 travis_ci/check-validations.py