diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6c3a0959e..73f43cfc2 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -122,6 +122,7 @@ gen:
 
 verify-gen:
 	./hack/verify-conversions.sh
+	./hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
 
 lint:
 ifndef HAS_GOLANGCI
diff --git a/hack/verify-conversions.sh b/hack/verify-conversions.sh
index 708b78cc2..1b698cce5 100755
--- a/hack/verify-conversions.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-conversions.sh
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
 if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr pkg/ "${_deschedulertmp}/pkg/")"; then
     echo "Generated output differs:" >&2
     echo "${_out}" >&2
-    echo "Generated conversions verify failed."
+    echo "Generated conversions verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-conversions.sh"
     exit 1
 fi
 popd > /dev/null 2>&1
diff --git a/hack/verify-deep-copies.sh b/hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e8d4a5f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/verify-deep-copies.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+source "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/lib/init.sh"
+DESCHEDULER_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+mkdir -p "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp"
+_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-verify.XXXXXX")"
+
+_deschedulertmp="${_tmpdir}"
+mkdir -p "${_deschedulertmp}"
+
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=descheduler/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_deschedulertmp}" && tar xf -)
+_deschedulertmp="${_deschedulertmp}/descheduler"
+
+pushd "${_deschedulertmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+go build -o "${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen" "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/deepcopy-gen"
+
+${OS_OUTPUT_BINPATH}/deepcopy-gen \
+                --go-header-file "hack/boilerplate/boilerplate.go.txt" \
+                --input-dirs "./pkg/apis/componentconfig,./pkg/apis/componentconfig/v1alpha1,./pkg/api,./pkg/api/v1alpha1" \
+                --output-file-base zz_generated.deepcopy
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+pushd "${DESCHEDULER_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr pkg/ "${_deschedulertmp}/pkg/")"; then
+    echo "Generated deep-copies output differs:" >&2
+    echo "${_out}" >&2
+    echo "Generated deep-copies verify failed. Please run ./hack/update-deep-copies.sh"
+    exit 1
+fi
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+echo "Generated deep-copies verified."