diff --git a/hack/jenkins/gotest.sh b/hack/jenkins/gotest.sh
index 19b1d473e9..046dae54c5 100755
--- a/hack/jenkins/gotest.sh
+++ b/hack/jenkins/gotest.sh
@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ export GOPATH=${HOME}/_gopath
 export PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${HOME}/third_party/etcd:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
 
 # Install a few things needed by unit and /integration tests.
+command -v etcd &>/dev/null || ./hack/install-etcd.sh
 go get -u github.com/jstemmer/go-junit-report
-./hack/install-etcd.sh
 
 # Enable the Go race detector.
 export KUBE_RACE=-race
diff --git a/hack/jenkins/verify.sh b/hack/jenkins/verify.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..59725abec3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/jenkins/verify.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 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.
+
+# Sets up the environment (e.g. installing godep and etcd if necessary)
+# and then runs all of the verification checks.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+set -o xtrace
+
+# !!! ALERT !!! Jenkins default $HOME is /var/lib/jenkins, which is
+# global across jobs. We change $HOME instead to ${WORKSPACE}, which
+# is an incoming variable Jenkins provides us for this job's scratch
+# space.
+export HOME=${WORKSPACE} # Nothing should want Jenkins $HOME
+export GOPATH=${HOME}/_gopath
+export PATH=${GOPATH}/bin:${HOME}/third_party/etcd:/usr/local/go/bin:$PATH
+
+# Install a few things needed by the verification tests.
+command -v etcd &>/dev/null || ./hack/install-etcd.sh
+go get -u github.com/tools/godep
+
+./hack/verify-all.sh -v