diff --git a/roles/validate-zone-db/files/test_zones/testing.test/zone.db b/roles/validate-zone-db/files/test_zones/testing.test/zone.db
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d11bee790
--- /dev/null
+++ b/roles/validate-zone-db/files/test_zones/testing.test/zone.db
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+; -*- mode: zone -*-
+$ORIGIN testing.test.
+$TTL 1h
+@			IN	SOA	adns1.testing.test. hostmaster.testing.test. (
+				1667422838  ; serial number unixtime
+				1h          ; refresh (secondary checks for updates)
+				10m         ; retry   (secondary retries failed axfr)
+				10d         ; expire  (secondary ends serving old data)
+				5m  )       ; min ttl (cache time for failed lookups)
+@			IN	NS	ns1.testing.test.
+@			IN	A	127.0.0.1
+@			IN	AAAA	::1
+
+adns1			IN	A	127.0.0.1
+adns1			IN	AAAA	::1
+
+ns1			IN	A	127.0.0.1
+ns1			IN	AAAA	::1
diff --git a/roles/validate-zone-db/tasks/main.yaml b/roles/validate-zone-db/tasks/main.yaml
index 4b3c17613..7ea2de08c 100644
--- a/roles/validate-zone-db/tasks/main.yaml
+++ b/roles/validate-zone-db/tasks/main.yaml
@@ -9,7 +9,14 @@
   when: not zone_db_files
 
 - name: 'Run checkzone'
-  command: '/usr/sbin/named-checkzone {{ zj_zone_db_file[0] }} {{ zj_zone_db_file[1] }}'
+  # Use shell so that $PATH can be used to lookup the executable path.
+  # Jammy installs to /usr/bin but older releases install to /usr/sbin.
+  shell: |
+    # Explicitly add /usr/sbin to path in case it isnt already there.
+    export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin
+    named-checkzone {{ zj_zone_db_file[0] }} {{ zj_zone_db_file[1] }}
   loop: "{{ zone_db_files }}"
   loop_control:
     loop_var: zj_zone_db_file
+  tags:
+    - skip_ansible_lint
diff --git a/tools/update-test-platforms.py b/tools/update-test-platforms.py
index e5cee6dfa..c644d77c2 100755
--- a/tools/update-test-platforms.py
+++ b/tools/update-test-platforms.py
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ TAGS = {
     'centos-platforms': CENTOS_PLATFORMS,
     'debian-platforms': DEBIAN_PLATFORMS,
     'ubuntu-platforms': UBUNTU_PLATFORMS,
+    'debuntu-platforms': UBUNTU_PLATFORMS + DEBIAN_PLATFORMS,
     'all-platforms': ALL_PLATFORMS,
 }
 
diff --git a/zuul-tests.d/general-roles-jobs.yaml b/zuul-tests.d/general-roles-jobs.yaml
index af8ff2ede..d5f340eac 100644
--- a/zuul-tests.d/general-roles-jobs.yaml
+++ b/zuul-tests.d/general-roles-jobs.yaml
@@ -388,6 +388,68 @@
       netconsole_remote_ip: 192.0.2.1
       netconsole_remote_port: 6666
 
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role
+    tags: debuntu-platforms
+    files:
+      - ^roles/validate-zone-db/.*
+    run: test-playbooks/simple-role-test.yaml
+    vars:
+      role_name: validate-zone-db
+      zone_files:
+        - /home/zuul/src/opendev.org/zuul/zuul-jobs/roles/validate-zone-db/files/test_zones
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-debian-bullseye
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role on debian-bullseye
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: debian-bullseye
+          label: debian-bullseye
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-debian-buster
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role on debian-buster
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: debian-buster
+          label: debian-buster
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-bionic
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role on ubuntu-bionic
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-bionic
+          label: ubuntu-bionic
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-focal
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role on ubuntu-focal
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-focal
+          label: ubuntu-focal
+
+- job:
+    name: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-jammy
+    description: Test the validate-zone-db role on ubuntu-jammy
+    parent: zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db
+    tags: auto-generated
+    nodeset:
+      nodes:
+        - name: ubuntu-jammy
+          label: ubuntu-jammy
+
 - job:
     name: zuul-jobs-test-dstat-graph
     description: Test the dstat-graph roles
@@ -832,6 +894,11 @@
         - zuul-jobs-test-enable-fips
         - zuul-jobs-test-ensure-bazelisk
         - zuul-jobs-test-netconsole
+        - zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-debian-bullseye
+        - zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-debian-buster
+        - zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-bionic
+        - zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-focal
+        - zuul-jobs-test-validate-zone-db-ubuntu-jammy
         - zuul-jobs-test-dstat-graph-centos-7
         - zuul-jobs-test-dstat-graph-centos-8-stream
         - zuul-jobs-test-dstat-graph-centos-9-stream