diff --git a/maintainers/scripts/test-eval-release.sh b/maintainers/scripts/test-eval-release.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..16921a24ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/maintainers/scripts/test-eval-release.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#! /bin/sh
+
+nix-instantiate --strict --eval-only --xml --show-trace "$(dirname "$0")"/eval-release.nix 2>&1 > /dev/null