diff --git a/scripts/build/extra-build-steps.sh b/scripts/build/extra-build-steps.sh
index 13ef12f006..f5e1e1fe0d 100755
--- a/scripts/build/extra-build-steps.sh
+++ b/scripts/build/extra-build-steps.sh
@@ -97,3 +97,8 @@ tmp="$script_dir/../../akka-samples/akka-sample-fsm-java-lambda"
 try cd  "$tmp" "can't step into project directory: $tmp"
 export JAVA_HOME="$java8_home"
 try mvn clean test "mvn execution in akka-sample-fsm-java-lambda failed"
+
+tmp="$script_dir/../../akka-samples/akka-sample-persistence-java8"
+try cd  "$tmp" "can't step into project directory: $tmp"
+export JAVA_HOME="$java8_home"
+try mvn clean test "mvn execution in akka-sample-fsm-java-lambda failed"