diff --git a/cpanfile b/cpanfile
index adc980659..1a0b29114 100644
--- a/cpanfile
+++ b/cpanfile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
+requires 'Cpanel::JSON::XS';
 requires 'Locale::PO';
+requires 'Test::Fatal';
diff --git a/t/01-meta.t b/t/01-meta.t
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73d1b1d27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/01-meta.t
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+
+use Test::More;
+use File::Basename;
+use Cpanel::JSON::XS qw/ decode_json /;
+use Scalar::Util qw/ reftype /;
+use Test::Fatal qw/ lives_ok /;
+
+chdir dirname(__FILE__) . "/..";
+
+my $locales;
+my $file = 'locales.json';
+
+lives_ok {
+    $locales = decode_json( do {
+        local $/ = undef;
+        open my $fh, '<', $file or die "could not open $file: $!";
+        <$fh>;
+    } )
+} 'locales.json parsed OK';
+
+is( reftype $locales, 'HASH', 'locales data appears to exist' );
+my @locale_codes = keys %{ $locales };
+ok( @locale_codes > 0, 'locales data appears to be populated' );
+
+for my $locale_code ( @locale_codes ) {
+    for my $key ( qw/ locale name_in_english name_in_local rtl / ) {
+        ok( defined( $locales->{ $locale_code }->{ $key } ),
+            "$key defined for $locale_code" );
+    }
+}
+
+done_testing;
diff --git a/t/01-format.t b/t/02-format.t
similarity index 100%
rename from t/01-format.t
rename to t/02-format.t