diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/container-cd.yml b/.gitea/workflows/container-cd.yml
index 18b6a90..4f72140 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/container-cd.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/container-cd.yml
@@ -25,6 +25,11 @@ on:
         required: false
         default: ""
         type: string
+      test_target:
+        description: Optional Dockerfile target that performs build-time tests
+        required: false
+        default: ""
+        type: string
       deploy_service:
         description: Dev service to candidate-test and promote
         required: false
@@ -73,6 +78,10 @@ jobs:
           if [ -n "${{ inputs.cache_image }}" ]; then
             cache_args+=(--cache-from "${{ inputs.cache_image }}")
           fi
+          if [ -n "${{ inputs.test_target }}" ]; then
+            docker build --pull=false "${cache_args[@]}" --target "${{ inputs.test_target }}" \
+              -f "${{ inputs.dockerfile }}" "${{ inputs.build_context }}"
+          fi
           docker build --pull=false "${cache_args[@]}" -f "${{ inputs.dockerfile }}" \
             -t "${{ inputs.image_name }}:sha-${{ gitea.sha }}" "${{ inputs.build_context }}"
           docker push "${{ inputs.image_name }}:sha-${{ gitea.sha }}"