diff --git a/.github/workflows/codegen.yml b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..740ed0f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/codegen.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+name: Codegen
+on: [pull_request]
+
+jobs:
+  codegen:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+    - name: checkout
+      uses: actions/checkout@v1
+
+    - uses: actions/setup-go@v2
+      with:
+        go-version: 1.13
+
+    - name: run codegen
+      run: GOPATH=$(go env GOPATH) make codegen
+
+    - name: validate codegen
+      run: hack/validate-codegen.sh
+
diff --git a/hack/validate-codegen.sh b/hack/validate-codegen.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..e7b1e7bab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/validate-codegen.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -ex
+
+for file in $(git status --porcelain); do
+    if [[ "$file" =~ "zz" ]]; then
+        echo "found codegen files!"
+        echo "please run 'make codegen' and update your PR"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+done
diff --git a/pkg/apis/rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go b/pkg/apis/rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
index a817b6526..59021b529 100644
--- a/pkg/apis/rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
+++ b/pkg/apis/rook.io/v1/zz_generated.deepcopy.go
@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@ func (in *StorageClassDeviceSet) DeepCopyInto(out *StorageClassDeviceSet) {
 	*out = *in
 	in.Resources.DeepCopyInto(&out.Resources)
 	in.Placement.DeepCopyInto(&out.Placement)
+	if in.PreparePlacement != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PreparePlacement, &out.PreparePlacement
+		*out = new(Placement)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 	if in.Config != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Config, &out.Config
 		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))
@@ -512,6 +517,11 @@ func (in *VolumeSource) DeepCopyInto(out *VolumeSource) {
 	}
 	in.Resources.DeepCopyInto(&out.Resources)
 	in.Placement.DeepCopyInto(&out.Placement)
+	if in.PreparePlacement != nil {
+		in, out := &in.PreparePlacement, &out.PreparePlacement
+		*out = new(Placement)
+		(*in).DeepCopyInto(*out)
+	}
 	if in.Config != nil {
 		in, out := &in.Config, &out.Config
 		*out = make(map[string]string, len(*in))