diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f35a75a634..89de382267 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -5823,6 +5823,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "serial_test",
  "tracing",
+ "walkdir 2.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/common/assets/Cargo.toml b/common/assets/Cargo.toml
index 4eb316a64c..b0897b8a5c 100644
--- a/common/assets/Cargo.toml
+++ b/common/assets/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 serde = {version = "1.0", features = ["derive"], optional = true}
 serial_test = {version = "0.5", optional = true}
 
+[dev-dependencies]
+walkdir = "2.3.2"
+
 [features]
 asset_tweak = ["serial_test", "serde"]
diff --git a/common/assets/src/lib.rs b/common/assets/src/lib.rs
index bed643fc77..3534fdcf11 100644
--- a/common/assets/src/lib.rs
+++ b/common/assets/src/lib.rs
@@ -248,6 +248,36 @@ pub fn path_of(specifier: &str, ext: &str) -> PathBuf {
         .path_of(source::DirEntry::File(specifier, ext))
 }
 
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use std::{ffi::OsStr, fs::File};
+    use walkdir::WalkDir;
+
+    /// Fail unless all `.ron` asset files successfully parse to `ron::Value`.
+    #[test]
+    fn parse_all_ron_files_to_value() {
+        let ext = OsStr::new("ron");
+        WalkDir::new(crate::ASSETS_PATH.as_path())
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(|ent| ent.unwrap().into_path())
+            .filter(|path| path.is_file())
+            .filter(|path| {
+                path.extension()
+                    .map(|e| ext == e.to_ascii_lowercase())
+                    .unwrap_or(false)
+            })
+            .for_each(|path| {
+                let file = File::open(&path).unwrap();
+                if let Err(err) = ron::de::from_reader::<_, ron::Value>(file) {
+                    println!("{:?}", path);
+                    println!("{:#?}", err);
+                    panic!("Parse failed");
+                }
+            });
+    }
+}
+
 #[warn(clippy::pedantic)]
 #[cfg(feature = "asset_tweak")]
 pub mod asset_tweak {