diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 0f9a98b6df..a5c71cbb8f 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ docs:
 .PHONY: validate
 validate: build/golangci-lint
 	./build/golangci-lint run
+	./tools/validate_seccomp.sh ./pkg/seccomp
 
 vendor-in-container:
 	podman run --privileged --rm --env HOME=/root -v `pwd`:/src -w /src golang make vendor
diff --git a/common/tools/validate_seccomp.sh b/common/tools/validate_seccomp.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e0807ed471
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/tools/validate_seccomp.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+#
+# validate_seccomp.sh <gopath/to/pkg/seccomp>
+#
+# Validates that the seccomp.json file has been generated and matches the
+# profile defined in the pkg/seccomp package.
+
+set -Eeuo pipefail
+
+PACKAGE_PATH="${1:-./pkg/seccomp}"
+TARGET_FILE="$PACKAGE_PATH/seccomp.json"
+
+# Stash a copy.
+tmp_copy="$(mktemp --tmpdir podman-seccomp.json.XXXXXX)"
+cp "$TARGET_FILE" "$tmp_copy"
+
+# Generate it again and figure out if there was a difference.
+go generate -tags seccomp "$PACKAGE_PATH" >/dev/null
+diffs="$(diff -u "$tmp_copy" "$TARGET_FILE" ||:)"
+
+if [ "$diffs" ]; then
+	# Can we make a prettier diff?
+	have_diffstat=1
+	which diffstat || have_diffstat=
+	if [ "$have_diffstat" ]; then
+		diffs="$(echo "$diffs" | diffstat)"
+	fi
+
+	# Output an error message and fail the CI.
+	cat >&2 <<-EOF
+	The result of 'go generate -tags seccomp $PACKAGE_PATH' differs.
+
+	$diffs
+
+	Please re-run 'go generate -tags seccomp $PACKAGE_PATH' and then amend your
+	commits to include the updated seccomp.json file.
+	EOF
+	exit 1
+fi