diff --git a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
index 344633973a43e6c183651404c63012cf5712b7de..d2c12d490cd3f4ef1d6cb2705d7df39f88bbbc75 100644
--- a/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
+++ b/roles/xmpp_server/molecule/default/tests/test_default.py
@@ -272,6 +272,18 @@ def test_lua_ldap_pin_and_version(host):
     assert backports_version_suffix in lua_ldap.version
 
 
+def test_prosody_configuration_validity(host):
+    """
+    Tests the Prosody configuration file using the 'prosodyctl check'
+    command.
+    """
+
+    with host.sudo():
+        check_config = host.run("prosodyctl check config")
+
+    assert check_config.rc == 0, check_config.stdout
+
+
 # @TODO: Tests which were not implemented due to lack of out-of-box tools:
 #
 # - Proxy capability.