diff --git a/test/phpunit/hudson_phpunittest.xml b/test/phpunit/hudson_phpunittest.xml
index 4720fa4ace8..98a793df7cb 100644
--- a/test/phpunit/hudson_phpunittest.xml
+++ b/test/phpunit/hudson_phpunittest.xml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 	colors="true"
 	processIsolation="false"
 	stopOnFailure="false"
-	syntaxCheck="false">
+	syntaxCheck="true">
 <filter>
   <blacklist>
     <directory suffix=".php">../../build/</directory>