diff --git a/dev-scripts/.htaccess b/dev-scripts/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..14249c50b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-scripts/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Deny from all
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diff --git a/dev-scripts/svg_check.sh b/dev-scripts/svg_check.sh
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bd31cd9de
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev-scripts/svg_check.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+found=0
+for svgfile in `find resources -type f -name "*.svg"`; do
+  outfile="$svgfile.tmp"
+  node_modules/.bin/svgo --config .svgo.config.js -i $svgfile -o $outfile -q
+  if [ $(wc -c $svgfile | awk '{print $1}') -gt $(wc -c $outfile | awk '{print $1}') ]; then
+    echo "File $svgfile is not compressed"
+    found=$((found + 1))
+  fi
+  rm $outfile
+done
+if [ $found -gt 0 ]; then
+  echo "Found $found uncompressed SVG files. Please compress the files and re-submit the patch"
+  exit 1
+fi
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 672af2d59..ef3bcae1a 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 		"build-storybook": "./.storybook/storybook-resources.sh && build-storybook --config-dir=.storybook -o docs/ui -s .storybook/static",
 		"start": "webpack -w --mode=development",
 		"build": "webpack --mode=production",
-		"test": "npm -s run check-built-assets && npm run test:lint && npm -s run coverage && npm -s run -s doc && bundlesize && npm run build-storybook",
+		"test": "npm -s run check-built-assets && npm run test:lint && bash ./dev-scripts/svg_check.sh && npm -s run coverage && npm -s run -s doc && bundlesize && npm run build-storybook",
 		"test:unit": "mw-node-qunit 'tests/node-qunit/**/*.test.js' --require \"$PWD/tests/node-qunit/run.js\" | tap-mocha-reporter dot",
 		"test:lint": "npm -s run test:lint:styles && npm -s run test:lint:js && npm -s run test:lint:i18n",
 		"test:lint:js": "npm -s run linter:js",