diff --git a/netci.groovy b/netci.groovy
index f40042081eb3f4792ee04dfdc3ccbfd938cba766..cd5e6419040fe24ff80f00735b12b445ce4458e1 100644
--- a/netci.groovy
+++ b/netci.groovy
@@ -238,9 +238,10 @@ commitPullList.each { isPr ->
 
 // Loc status check
 commitPullList.each { isPr ->
-  // Only add the check to PR builds for now. At some point we'll change this check
-  // to instead look for particular branch names.
-  if (isPr) {
+  // Add the check for PR builds, and dev15.8.x/dev15.8.x-vs-deps builds.
+  if (isPr
+      || branchName == "dev15.8.x"
+      || branchName == "dev15.8.x-vs-deps") {
     def jobName = Utilities.getFullJobName(projectName, "windows_loc_status", isPr)
     def myJob = job(jobName) {
       description('Check for untranslated resources')
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ commitPullList.each { isPr ->
       }
     }
 
-    // For now we'll only run this when explicitly asked.
-    def triggerPhraseOnly = true
+    // Run it automatically on CI builds but only when requested on PR builds.
+    def triggerPhraseOnly = isPr
     def triggerPhraseExtra = "loc"
     Utilities.setMachineAffinity(myJob, 'Windows_NT', windowsUnitTestMachine)
     addRoslynJob(myJob, jobName, branchName, isPr, triggerPhraseExtra, triggerPhraseOnly)