diff --git a/hack/after-build/verify-symbols.sh b/hack/after-build/verify-symbols.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..7fad4131a5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/after-build/verify-symbols.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/../..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
+
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
+# add other BADSYMBOLS here.
+BADSYMBOLS="testing[.]"
+
+# b/c hyperkube binds everything simply check that for bad symbols
+if [[ $(nm ${KUBE_OUTPUT_HOSTBIN}/hyperkube | grep "${BADSYMBOLS}") ]]; then
+  echo "output binaries contain bad symbols \"${BADSYMBOLS}\""
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# ex: ts=2 sw=2 et filetype=sh
diff --git a/hack/verify-symbols.sh b/hack/verify-symbols.sh
new file mode 100755
index 00000000000..c2c9afa336f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/verify-symbols.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2014 The Kubernetes Authors All rights reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE}")/..
+source "${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/lib/init.sh"
+
+kube::golang::setup_env
+
+"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/build-go.sh" cmd/hyperkube
+
+"${KUBE_ROOT}/hack/after-build/verify-symbols.sh"
+
+# ex: ts=2 sw=2 et filetype=sh