diff --git a/hack/verify-codegen.sh b/hack/verify-codegen.sh
index a51a33dd..f451be52 100755
--- a/hack/verify-codegen.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-codegen.sh
@@ -29,6 +29,19 @@ trap "cleanup" EXIT SIGINT
 
 cleanup
 
+# Ensure model-schema generator matches the version from
+# k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go
+echo "Ensuring models-schema is up-to-date"
+K8S_MODELS_SCHEMA="${SCRIPT_ROOT}/../../../../pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go"
+SAMPLE_CONTROLLER_MODELS_SCHEMA="${SCRIPT_ROOT}/pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go"
+# these two files will only differ in the imported lines for generated openapi
+if ! diff -I "k8s.io/kubernetes/pkg/generated/openapi" \
+  -I "k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/generated/openapi" \
+  "${K8S_MODELS_SCHEMA}" "${SAMPLE_CONTROLLER_MODELS_SCHEMA}"; then
+  echo "${SAMPLE_CONTROLLER_MODELS_SCHEMA} is out of date. Compare changes with ${K8S_MODELS_SCHEMA}"
+  exit 1
+fi
+
 mkdir -p "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
 cp -a "${DIFFROOT}"/* "${TMP_DIFFROOT}"
 
diff --git a/pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go b/pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..19113e47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/generated/openapi/cmd/models-schema/main.go
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+Copyright 2021 The Kubernetes Authors.
+
+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.
+*/
+
+package main
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/common"
+	"k8s.io/kube-openapi/pkg/validation/spec"
+	"k8s.io/sample-controller/pkg/generated/openapi"
+)
+
+// Outputs openAPI schema JSON containing the schema definitions in zz_generated.openapi.go.
+func main() {
+	err := output()
+	if err != nil {
+		os.Stderr.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("Failed: %v", err)) // nolint:errcheck
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
+}
+
+func output() error {
+	refFunc := func(name string) spec.Ref {
+		return spec.MustCreateRef(fmt.Sprintf("#/definitions/%s", name))
+	}
+	defs := openapi.GetOpenAPIDefinitions(refFunc)
+	schemaDefs := make(map[string]spec.Schema, len(defs))
+	for k, v := range defs {
+		// Replace top-level schema with v2 if a v2 schema is embedded
+		// so that the output of this program is always in OpenAPI v2.
+		// This is done by looking up an extension that marks the embedded v2
+		// schema, and, if the v2 schema is found, make it the resulting schema for
+		// the type.
+		if schema, ok := v.Schema.Extensions[common.ExtensionV2Schema]; ok {
+			if v2Schema, isOpenAPISchema := schema.(spec.Schema); isOpenAPISchema {
+				schemaDefs[k] = v2Schema
+				continue
+			}
+		}
+
+		schemaDefs[k] = v.Schema
+	}
+	data, err := json.Marshal(&spec.Swagger{
+		SwaggerProps: spec.SwaggerProps{
+			Definitions: schemaDefs,
+			Info: &spec.Info{
+				InfoProps: spec.InfoProps{
+					Title:   "Kubernetes",
+					Version: "unversioned",
+				},
+			},
+			Swagger: "2.0",
+		},
+	})
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("error serializing api definitions: %w", err)
+	}
+	os.Stdout.Write(data) // nolint:errcheck
+	return nil
+}