diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 52ef1c80..515adc77 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -201,6 +201,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
   grunt.registerTask('default', ['jshint', 'stylus']);
   grunt.registerTask('docs', ['shell:docs']);
   grunt.registerTask('start', ['stylus', 'concurrent:dev']);
-  grunt.registerTask('test', ['startRedis', 'jshint', 'runtests']);
-  grunt.registerTask('uitest', ['stylus', 'clean:uitest', 'runuitests']);
+  grunt.registerTask('test', ['abideCompile', 'startRedis', 'jshint', 'runtests']);
+  grunt.registerTask('uitest', ['abideCompile', 'stylus', 'clean:uitest', 'runuitests']);
 };
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6fee637f..489dc1ea 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
   },
   "scripts": {
     "test": "node -e \"require('grunt').cli()\" null test",
-    "uitest": "node -e \"require('grunt').cli()\" null uitest"
+    "uitest": "node -e \"require('grunt').cli()\" null uitest",
+    "i18n-compile": "node -e \"require('grunt').cli()\" null abideCompile"
   },
   "author": "Mozilla",
   "license": "MPL 2.0"
diff --git a/stackato.yml b/stackato.yml
index 1a584132..a71ff3b1 100644
--- a/stackato.yml
+++ b/stackato.yml
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mem: 64M
 hooks:
     post-staging:
     -   npm rebuild
+    -   npm run-script i18n-compile
 
 ignores: ["venv"]