diff --git a/tests/checks/check-translations.fish b/tests/checks/check-translations.fish
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+++ b/tests/checks/check-translations.fish
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+#RUN: %fish -C 'set -l fish %fish' %s
+#REQUIRES: msgfmt --help
+
+set -l fail_count 0
+for file in $FISH_SOURCE_DIR/po/*.po
+    # We only check the format strings.
+    # Later on we might do a full "--check" to also check the headers.
+    msgfmt --check-format $file
+    or set fail_count (math $fail_count + 1)
+end
+
+# Prevent setting timestamp if any errors were encountered
+if test "$fail_count" -gt 0
+    exit 1
+end
+
+# No output is good output