diff --git a/eng/templates/build.yml b/eng/templates/build.yml
index 3e3e41040..c68e0d44d 100644
--- a/eng/templates/build.yml
+++ b/eng/templates/build.yml
@@ -124,3 +124,14 @@ jobs:
             SourceFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/test/PerfTests/DFPerfTests/Output/'
             Contents: '**'
             TargetFolder: '$(System.DefaultWorkingDirectory)/azure-functions-durable-extension/'
+
+      # We also need to build the Java smoke test, for CodeQL compliance
+      # We don't need to build the other smoke tests, because they can be analyzed without being compiled,
+      # as they're interpreted languages.
+      # This could be a separate pipeline, but the task is so small that it's paired with the .NET code build
+      # for convenience.
+      - pwsh: |
+          cd ./test/SmokeTests/OOProcSmokeTests/durableJava/
+          gradle build
+          ls
+        displayName: 'Build Java OOProc test (for CodeQL compliance)'
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