diff --git a/.azure-pipelines.yml b/.azure-pipelines.yml
index 720ac3e..0a4aab3 100644
--- a/.azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/.azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -17,3 +17,7 @@ steps:
     echo "POSTGRES_DATABASE=${BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH#refs/heads/}" >> .env
     set -a && source .env && set +a
   displayName: 'Load env'
+
+- script: |
+    psql -h $POSTGRES_HOST -U $POSTGRES_USER -d postgres -c "SELECT 1 FROM pg_database WHERE datname = 'postgres';"
+  displayName: 'Smoke test Postgres connection'
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