diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 25ab4efb338..9fa4dd21a40 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 Add any new changes to the top (right below this line).
 
+ - 2022-04-06
+    - Role: edxapp
+        - Added a new `EDXAPP_COMPILE_JSI18N` variable to control whether
+          to run the `compilejsi18n` management command on edxapp deploy.
+          Defaults to false.
+
  - 2022-04-06
     - Role: simple_theme
        - Added a new `SIMPLETHEME_I18N_DJANGO` setting to allow operators to provide
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
index 07bac68a280..82e4a44677e 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/defaults/main.yml
@@ -629,6 +629,9 @@ EDXAPP_DCS_SESSION_COOKIE_SAMESITE_FORCE_ALL: True
 # Whether to run reindex_course on deploy
 EDXAPP_REINDEX_ALL_COURSES: false
 
+# Whether to run compilejsi18n on deploy
+EDXAPP_COMPILE_JSI18N: false
+
 # XML Course related flags
 EDXAPP_XML_FROM_GIT: false
 EDXAPP_XML_S3_BUCKET: !!null
diff --git a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
index 20bc2629757..2270c052c1d 100644
--- a/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
+++ b/playbooks/roles/edxapp/tasks/deploy.yml
@@ -381,6 +381,15 @@
   when:
     - celery_worker is not defined
 
+- name: compile JS translations
+  shell: ". {{ edxapp_app_dir }}/edxapp_env && {{ edxapp_venv_bin }}/python ./manage.py lms --settings={{ edxapp_settings }} compilejsi18n"
+  args:
+    chdir: "{{ edxapp_code_dir }}"
+  become_user: "{{ edxapp_user }}"
+  when: EDXAPP_COMPILE_JSI18N and celery_worker is not defined
+  tags:
+    - assets
+
 # creates the supervisor jobs for the
 # service variants configured, runs
 # gather_assets and db migrations