diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 7cc335e..78b1deb 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ jobs:
           brew install docker
           colima start
 
-      - name: Non-Docker Smoke tests
+      - name: Community Non-Docker Smoke tests
         shell: bash
         run: |
           ls dist-bin/
@@ -85,6 +85,18 @@ jobs:
           # show the config
           ./localstack config show
 
+      - name: Pro Non-Docker Smoke tests
+        shell: bash
+        # Skip these checks for forks (forks do not have access to the LocalStack Pro API key)
+        if: ${{ ! github.event.pull_request.head.repo.fork }}
+        run: |
+          # create an extension with default parameters (enter all new lines to use defaults)
+          printf "\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" | LOCALSTACK_API_KEY=${{ secrets.TEST_LOCALSTACK_API_KEY }} DEBUG=1 ./dist-bin/localstack extensions dev new
+          # print the directory output
+          ls -al my-localstack-extension
+          # remove it again
+          rm -rf my-localstack-extension
+
       - name: Community Docker Smoke tests (Linux, MacOS)
         shell: bash
         # GitHub Windows and xlarge MacOS runner cannot run Docker containers:
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index a8d3fc0..45168d8 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ $(VENV_ACTIVATE): requirements.txt
 dist-bin/localstack build: $(VENV_ACTIVATE) main.py
 	$(VENV_RUN); pyinstaller main.py \
 		$(PYINSTALLER_ARGS) -n localstack \
+		--hidden-import cookiecutter.main \
+		--hidden-import cookiecutter.extensions \
 		--hidden-import localstack_ext.cli.localstack \
 		--additional-hooks-dir hooks
 
diff --git a/hooks/hook-cookiecutter.py b/hooks/hook-cookiecutter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b477b66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hooks/hook-cookiecutter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
+from PyInstaller.utils.hooks import collect_data_files
+
+datas = collect_data_files('cookiecutter')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6988a99..e1fe7c3 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pyinstaller
-localstack==2.3.2
\ No newline at end of file
+localstack==2.3.2
+cookiecutter