diff --git a/hack/codegen.sh b/hack/codegen.sh
index 147c505b..91e78db5 100755
--- a/hack/codegen.sh
+++ b/hack/codegen.sh
@@ -68,8 +68,33 @@ function codegen::generate_for_module() {
 }
 
 function codegen::generate() {
+  local mod_basename_for_version
+  mod_basename_for_version="${K8S_PKG_VERSION}/$(basename "${MOD_DIR}")"
+
   codegen::ensure_module_in_gopath
-  codegen::generate_for_module "${K8S_PKG_VERSION}/$(basename "${MOD_DIR}")"
+  codegen::generate_for_module "${mod_basename_for_version}"
+}
+
+function codegen::verify() {
+  local have_stash=''
+  if [[ "$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" -ne "0" ]]; then
+    git stash --all >/dev/null 2>&1 && have_stash=1
+  fi
+
+  codegen::generate
+
+  if [[ "$(git status --porcelain 2>/dev/null | wc -l | tr -d ' ')" -eq "0" ]]; then
+    echo "Generated code in ${MOD_DIR} up to date."
+  else
+    echo "Generated code in ${MOD_DIR} is out of date."
+    echo "Please run hack/module.sh codegen"
+    git diff "${ROOT}"
+    git checkout "${ROOT}"
+  fi
+
+  if [[ -n "${have_stash}" ]]; then
+    git stash pop >/dev/null 2>&1
+  fi
 }
 
 function codegen::usage() {
diff --git a/hack/module.sh b/hack/module.sh
index e8b2ff51..f5c94834 100755
--- a/hack/module.sh
+++ b/hack/module.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ function codegen_cmd() {
   echo "${ROOT}/hack/codegen.sh codegen::generate"
 }
 
+function codegen_verify_cmd() {
+  echo "${ROOT}/hack/codegen.sh codegen::verify"
+}
+
 # The race detector is slow, so sometimes you don't want to use it
 function unittest_no_race_cmd() {
   if [ -x "$(command -v gotest)" ]; then
@@ -66,7 +70,7 @@ function with_modules() {
 
 function usage() {
   echo "Error: <task> must be specified"
-  echo "       do.sh <task> [tidy, lint, test, unittest, unittest_no_race, codegen]"
+  echo "       do.sh <task> [tidy, lint, test, unittest, unittest_no_race, codegen, codegen_verify]"
   exit 1
 }
 
@@ -78,6 +82,7 @@ function main() {
     'unittest') with_modules 'unittest_cmd' ;;
     'unittest_no_race') with_modules 'unittest_no_race_cmd' ;;
     'codegen') with_modules 'codegen_cmd' ;;
+    'codegen_verify') with_modules 'codegen_verify_cmd' ;;
     *) usage ;;
   esac
 }