diff --git a/tasks/main.yml b/tasks/main.yml
index 52d51518fd7bc896b9278333b52813516b979184..e0b687b2d171b2b3220b390b1b86b075c8b0d511 100644
--- a/tasks/main.yml
+++ b/tasks/main.yml
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
     owner: root
     group: root
     mode: 0755
+    validate: sshd -t -f %s
 
 - name: Create service override directory
   ansible.builtin.file: