diff --git a/zuul.d/projects.yaml b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
index a9dcd35..733447a 100644
--- a/zuul.d/projects.yaml
+++ b/zuul.d/projects.yaml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+- project:
+    name: ^zuul/.*
+    # Include a check queue so that initially every repo has a check queue
+    # and we can report invalid zuul.yaml files.
+    check:
+      jobs: []
+
 - project:
     name: zuul/project-config
     check: