diff --git a/.ci/run.sh b/.ci/run.sh
index 2fabd2e511..6338c8d630 100755
--- a/.ci/run.sh
+++ b/.ci/run.sh
@@ -9,6 +9,39 @@
 
 set -e
 
+check_log_files()
+{
+	make log-parser
+
+	# XXX: Only the CC runtime uses structured logging,
+	# XXX: hence specify by name (rather than using $RUNTIME).
+	for component in \
+		kata-proxy \
+		kata-runtime-cc \
+		kata-shim
+	do
+		file="${component}.log"
+		args="--no-pager -q -o cat -a -t \"${component}\""
+
+		cmd="sudo journalctl ${args} > ${file}"
+		eval "$cmd"
+	done
+
+	logs=$(ls "$(pwd)"/*.log)
+	{ kata-log-parser --debug --check-only --error-if-no-records $logs; ret=$?; } || true
+
+	# Always remove logs since:
+	#
+	# - We don't want to waste disk-space.
+	# - The teardown script will save the full logs anyway.
+	# - the log parser tool shows full details of what went wrong.
+	rm -f $logs
+
+	[ $ret -eq 0 ] && true || false
+}
+
 export RUNTIME="kata-runtime"
 
 sudo -E PATH="$PATH" bash -c "make check"
+
+check_log_files