diff --git a/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh b/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
index 8c6462833..28211cf2f 100755
--- a/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
+++ b/travis/kyaml-pre-commit.sh
@@ -5,4 +5,12 @@ cd kyaml
 make all
 
 cd ../cmd/config
-make all
\ No newline at end of file
+make all
+
+cd ../kubectl
+make all
+
+# make sure no files were generated or changed by make
+cd ../..
+git add .
+git diff-index HEAD --