diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index f978eea07b6..ac963d46f1e 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ setenv =
     unit: GALAXY_VIRTUAL_ENV={envdir}
     unit: GALAXY_ENABLE_BETA_COMPRESSED_GENBANK_SNIFFING=1
     mulled: GALAXY_TEST_INCLUDE_SLOW=1
+    check_indexes: GALAXY_TEST_FORCE_DATABASE_MIGRATION=1
 deps =
     lint,lint_docstring,lint_docstring_include_list: -rlib/galaxy/dependencies/pipfiles/flake8/pinned-requirements.txt
     unit: mock
@@ -47,3 +48,8 @@ commands = bash .ci/validate_test_tools.sh
 
 [testenv:web_controller_line_count]
 commands = bash .ci/check_controller.sh
+
+[testenv:check_indexes]
+commands = 
+    bash create_db.sh
+    bash check_model.sh