diff --git a/projects/ssr-tests/jest.config.js b/projects/ssr-tests/jest.config.js
index f0aea45398b..9216d61df84 100644
--- a/projects/ssr-tests/jest.config.js
+++ b/projects/ssr-tests/jest.config.js
@@ -23,4 +23,5 @@ module.exports = {
     },
   },
   testEnvironment: './src/environments/custom-test-environment.ts',
+  globalSetup: './validate-ssr-build.ts',
 };
diff --git a/projects/ssr-tests/src/utils/log.utils.ts b/projects/ssr-tests/src/utils/log.utils.ts
index 654acff728d..e722b5c6c69 100644
--- a/projects/ssr-tests/src/utils/log.utils.ts
+++ b/projects/ssr-tests/src/utils/log.utils.ts
@@ -25,41 +25,14 @@ export function clearSsrLogFile(): void {
   fs.writeFileSync(SSR_LOG_PATH, '');
 }
 
-/**
- * Validates that all lines starting with `{` are valid JSON objects.
- * Otherwise it throws an error.
- *
- * Note: multi-line JSONs (printed by SSR in dev mode) cannot be parsed by `JSON.parse`.
- *       That's why we need to to run SSR in prod mode to get single line JSON logs.
- */
-function validateJsonsInLogs(logs: string[]): void {
-  logs.forEach((text) => {
-    if (text.charAt(0) === '{') {
-      try {
-        JSON.parse(text);
-      } catch (error) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Encountered in SSR Logs a line starting with \`{\` that could not be parsed as JSON.
-          Perhaps its a multi-line JSON log from SSR dev mode.
-          Please make sure to build Spartacus SSR in prod mode - to get single line JSONs that can be parsed in tests.`
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  });
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns raw logs as an array of strings.
  *
  * Note: Non-JSON log entries are also included in the returned array.
- *
- * It also validates whether each line starting with `{` is a valid JSON object.
- * Otherwise it throws an error.
  */
 export function getRawLogs(): string[] {
   const data = fs.readFileSync(SSR_LOG_PATH).toString();
   const logs = data.toString().split('\n');
-  validateJsonsInLogs(logs);
   return logs;
 }
 
diff --git a/projects/ssr-tests/validate-ssr-build.ts b/projects/ssr-tests/validate-ssr-build.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7430b00c2eb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/ssr-tests/validate-ssr-build.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,84 @@
+/*
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 SAP Spartacus team <spartacus-team@sap.com>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Verify that the SSR app under tests meets the following criteria:
+ * 1. The app us built in prod mode.
+ *
+ *    Why it's needed:
+ *      Some tests require parsing single-line JSON log entries appearing in the SSR logs.
+ *      In an app built in prod mode, the JSON objects are printed single-line that can be easily parsed in tests.
+ *      In an app built in dev mode, the JSON objects are printed multi-line (to be more human-readable),
+ *      but cannot be parsed in tests so it makes some tests to fail.
+ *
+ * 2. The app has configured a base OCC url being a local backend proxy, instead of a real backend.
+ *
+ *    Why it's needed:
+ *      Some tests require mocking the behavior of the backend using a local backend http proxy.
+ *      If the app is not calling a local backend proxy as a base OCC url, some tests will fail.
+ *
+ *
+ * In this file we'll validate the build of the app before running the tests.
+ */
+
+import * as fs from 'fs';
+import * as path from 'path';
+
+/**
+ * String that always appears in the `main.js` file of the SSR app when built with a local backend proxy.
+ */
+const USING_PROXY_BACKEND_MARKER = `CX_BASE_URL:"http://localhost:9002"`;
+
+/**
+ * String that always appears in the `main.js` file of the SSR app when built in dev mode.
+ */
+const USING_DEV_MODE_MARKER = `ngDevMode`;
+
+/**
+ * Path to the `main.js` file of the built SSR app.
+ */
+const SSR_APP_PATH = path.join(
+  __dirname,
+  '../../dist/storefrontapp-server/main.js'
+);
+
+/**
+ * Advice to the user on how to build the SSR app in prod mode to use a local backend proxy.
+ */
+const BUILD_COMMAND_ADVICE =
+  colorToYellow('Please build the SSR app with the following command\n') +
+  colorToYellow('> npm run build && npm run build:ssr:local-http-backend\n');
+
+export default async function validateSsrBuild() {
+  if (!fs.existsSync(SSR_APP_PATH)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `
+SSR app not found at the expected path '${SSR_APP_PATH}'. 
+${BUILD_COMMAND_ADVICE}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  const fileContents = fs.readFileSync(SSR_APP_PATH, 'utf8');
+  if (!fileContents.includes(USING_PROXY_BACKEND_MARKER)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `
+SSR app is not using a local backend proxy as a base OCC url.
+${BUILD_COMMAND_ADVICE}`
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (fileContents.includes(USING_DEV_MODE_MARKER)) {
+    throw new Error(
+      `
+SSR app is not using prod mode.
+${BUILD_COMMAND_ADVICE}`
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+function colorToYellow(text: string) {
+  return `\x1b[33m${text}\x1b[0m`;
+}