diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
index 90203e7d5..f499b0a9b 100644
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -691,6 +691,11 @@
         perlBindings = self.hydraJobs.perlBindings.${system};
         installTests = self.hydraJobs.installTests.${system};
         nixpkgsLibTests = self.hydraJobs.tests.nixpkgsLibTests.${system};
+        rl-next =
+          let pkgs = nixpkgsFor.${system}.native;
+          in pkgs.buildPackages.runCommand "test-rl-next-release-notes" { } ''
+          LANG=C.UTF-8 ${(commonDeps { inherit pkgs; }).changelog-d}/bin/changelog-d ${./doc/manual/rl-next} >$out
+        '';
       } // (lib.optionalAttrs (builtins.elem system linux64BitSystems)) {
         dockerImage = self.hydraJobs.dockerImage.${system};
       });