diff --git a/preproduction-azure-pipelines.yml b/preproduction-azure-pipelines.yml
index 06d4aa41adb4..3394c85688bd 100644
--- a/preproduction-azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/preproduction-azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -47,3 +47,13 @@ jobs:
   - script: 'npm install -D @azure/avocado@0.5.0'
   - script: './node_modules/.bin/avocado'
     displayName: 'Avocado'
+
+- job: "jsonfmt"
+  pool:
+    vmImage: 'Ubuntu 16.04'
+  condition: "not(variables['PRIVATE'])"
+  steps:
+  - script: 'curl -sLO https://github.com/caarlos0/jsonfmt/releases/download/v0.2.1/jsonfmt_0.2.1_linux_amd64.deb && sudo dpkg -i jsonfmt_0.2.1_linux_amd64.deb'
+  - script: 'jsonfmt specification/**/*.json'
+  - script: 'jsonfmt profile/*.json'
+  - script: 'jsonfmt arm-compute/quickstart-templates/*.json'