diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6bf5392..a406e81 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 Package: gDRstyle
 Type: Package
 Title: A package with style requirements for the gDR suite 
-Version: 1.7.1
-Date: 2025-04-16
+Version: 1.7.2
+Date: 2025-05-26
 Authors@R: c(
     person("Allison", "Vuong", role=c("aut")),
     person("Dariusz", "Scigocki", role=c("aut")),
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Imports:
     withr
 Suggests:
     knitr,
+    pkgdown,
     testthat (>= 3.0.0)
 URL: https://github.com/gdrplatform/gDRstyle, https://gdrplatform.github.io/gDRstyle/
 BugReports: https://github.com/gdrplatform/gDRstyle/issues
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index e7b3bda..0221547 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+## gDRstyle 1.7.2 - 2025-05-26
+* add check for `pkgdown` in the `checkPackage` function
+
 ## gDRstyle 1.7.1 - 2025-04-16
 * synchronize Bioconductor and GitHub versioning
 
diff --git a/R/check.R b/R/check.R
index 52a68f6..2ce4119 100644
--- a/R/check.R
+++ b/R/check.R
@@ -186,6 +186,7 @@ rcmd_check_with_notes <- function(pkgDir,
 #' @param run_examples Logical whether examples check should be performed
 #' @param skip_lint skip lint checks
 #' @param skip_tests skip tests
+#' @param skip_pkgdown skip pkgdown build
 #' @param build_vignettes build vignettes
 #' @param check_vignettes check vignettes
 #' @param as_cran run with as_cran flag
@@ -208,6 +209,7 @@ checkPackage <- function(pkgName,
                          run_examples = TRUE,
                          skip_lint = FALSE,
                          skip_tests = FALSE,
+                         skip_pkgdown = FALSE,
                          build_vignettes = TRUE,
                          check_vignettes = TRUE,
                          as_cran = FALSE) {
@@ -246,6 +248,15 @@ checkPackage <- function(pkgName,
     message("Tests skipped")
   }
 
+  if (!skip_pkgdown) {
+    message("Pkgdown")
+    pkgdown::build_site(
+      pkg = pkgDir,
+      override = list(destination = tempfile()),
+      preview = FALSE
+    )
+  }
+
   message("Check")
   utils::timestamp()
   rcmd_check_with_notes(
diff --git a/man/checkPackage.Rd b/man/checkPackage.Rd
index 62dea80..e4e5893 100644
--- a/man/checkPackage.Rd
+++ b/man/checkPackage.Rd
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ checkPackage(
   run_examples = TRUE,
   skip_lint = FALSE,
   skip_tests = FALSE,
+  skip_pkgdown = FALSE,
   build_vignettes = TRUE,
   check_vignettes = TRUE,
   as_cran = FALSE
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ values: \code{"note"}, \code{"warning"} (default) and \code{"error"}.}
 
 \item{skip_tests}{skip tests}
 
+\item{skip_pkgdown}{skip pkgdown build}
+
 \item{build_vignettes}{build vignettes}
 
 \item{check_vignettes}{check vignettes}