diff --git a/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml b/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
index 01167bfb92..50266327e1 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/api-pull-request.yml
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ on:
     paths:
       - "api/**"
 
-
 env:
   POSTGRES_HOST: localhost
   POSTGRES_PORT: 5432
@@ -26,7 +25,8 @@ env:
   VALKEY_HOST: localhost
   VALKEY_PORT: 6379
   VALKEY_DB: 0
-
+  API_WORKING_DIR: ./api
+  IMAGE_NAME: prowler-api
 
 jobs:
   test:
@@ -171,3 +171,17 @@ jobs:
           CODECOV_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
         with:
           flags: api
+  test-container-build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Set up Docker Buildx
+        uses: docker/setup-buildx-action@v3
+      - name: Build Container
+        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
+        with:
+          context: ${{ env.API_WORKING_DIR }}
+          push: false
+          tags: ${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}:latest
+          outputs: type=docker
+          cache-from: type=gha
+          cache-to: type=gha,mode=max