diff --git a/.ci/common/test.sh b/.ci/common/test.sh
index 2eaaf0b2b1..be23865a77 100644
--- a/.ci/common/test.sh
+++ b/.ci/common/test.sh
@@ -82,4 +82,23 @@ install_nvim() {
     echo "Maybe the helptags have not been generated properly."
     exit 1
   }
+
+  # Check that all runtime files were installed
+  for file in doc/tags syntax/vim/generated.vim $(
+    cd runtime ; git ls-files | grep -e '.vim$' -e '.ps$' -e '.dict$' -e '.py$'
+  ) ; do
+    if ! test -e "${INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/nvim/runtime/$file" ; then
+      echo "It appears that $file is not installed."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
+
+  for file in $(
+    cd runtime ; git ls-files | grep -e '.awk$' -e '.sh$' -e '.bat$'
+  ) ; do
+    if ! test -x "${INSTALL_PREFIX}/share/nvim/runtime/$file" ; then
+      echo "It appears that $file is not installed or is not executable."
+      exit 1
+    fi
+  done
 }
diff --git a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
index a6c06195d0..4271418e0c 100644
--- a/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/runtime/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,10 @@ install_helper(
   FILES ${GENERATED_HELP_TAGS} ${BUILDDOCFILES}
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/doc)
 
+install_helper(
+  FILES ${GENERATED_SYN_VIM}
+  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DATAROOTDIR}/nvim/runtime/syntax/vim)
+
 file(GLOB_RECURSE RUNTIME_PROGRAMS
   RELATIVE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}
   *.awk *.sh *.bat)