diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2eb5bd2d6..76b49a82e 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,17 @@
 MYGOBIN := $(shell go env GOPATH)/bin
 SHELL := /bin/bash
 export PATH := $(MYGOBIN):$(PATH)
-MODULES := "cmd/config" "api/" "kustomize/" "kyaml/"
+MODULES := '"cmd/config" "api/" "kustomize/" "kyaml/"'
+
+# Provide defaults for REPO_OWNER and REPO_NAME if not present.
+# Typically these values would be provided by Prow.
+ifndef REPO_OWNER
+REPO_OWNER := "kubernetes-sigs"
+endif
+
+ifndef REPO_NAME
+REPO_NAME := "kustomize"
+endif
 
 .PHONY: all
 all: verify-kustomize
@@ -236,11 +246,14 @@ test-go-mod:
 # https://github.com/kubernetes/test-infra/blob/master/prow/jobs.md#job-environment-variables
 .PHONY: test-multi-module
 test-multi-module: $(MYGOBIN)/prchecker
-	$(MYGOBIN)/prchecker \
-	-owner=$(REPO_OWNER) \
-	-repo=$(REPO_NAME) \
-	-pr=$(PULL_NUMBER) \
-	$(MODULES)
+	( \
+		export MYGOBIN=$(MYGOBIN); \
+		export REPO_OWNER=$(REPO_OWNER); \
+		export REPO_NAME=$(REPO_NAME); \
+		export PULL_NUMBER=$(PULL_NUMBER); \
+		export MODULES=$(MODULES); \
+		./scripts/check-multi-module.sh; \
+	)
 
 .PHONY:
 test-examples-e2e-kustomize: $(MYGOBIN)/mdrip $(MYGOBIN)/kind
diff --git a/scripts/check-multi-module.sh b/scripts/check-multi-module.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3100d6da7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/check-multi-module.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+
+if [[ "$PULL_NUMBER" -ne "" ]]; then
+    cmd="$MYGOBIN/prchecker
+    -owner=$REPO_OWNER
+    -repo=$REPO_NAME
+    -pr=$PULL_NUMBER
+    $MODULES"
+
+
+    echo $MYGOBIN
+    echo $REPO_OWNER
+    echo $REPO_NAME
+    echo $PULL_NUMBER
+    echo $MODULES
+    eval $cmd
+else
+    echo "Multi-module check skipped. No PULL_NUMBER provided.
+
+To run this check locally set PULL_NUMBER to the PR ID from GitHub."
+fi
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