diff --git a/pipelines/build.sh b/pipelines/build.sh
index 4e2fc902f2f191101758aab58daa02fa96ed2e2d..c10b6041860e3af9a356c5c65614f14bc62e7a91 100644
--- a/pipelines/build.sh
+++ b/pipelines/build.sh
@@ -44,7 +44,13 @@ coverage html
 # zip -q -r htmlcov.zip htmlcov
 
 echo "===================== importability ====================="
+echo " > try 'from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *'"
 python -c "from $JOB_NAME.top_level_interface import *"
+if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+  echo "Success!"
+else
+  echo "Failed!"
+fi
 
 echo "===================== POST BUILD BELOW ====================="