diff --git a/dist/tools/ci/check_features_existing_inc_mk_is_up_to_date.sh b/dist/tools/ci/check_features_existing_inc_mk_is_up_to_date.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e27e38e98d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dist/tools/ci/check_features_existing_inc_mk_is_up_to_date.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# This tools checks if the makefiles/features_existing.inc.mk is up to date
+hash_feature_list_pre="$(sha256sum "$(dirname "$0")/../../../makefiles/features_existing.inc.mk")"
+make --silent -C "$(dirname "$0")"/../../.. generate-features || exit 1
+hash_feature_list_post="$(sha256sum "$(dirname "$0")/../../../makefiles/features_existing.inc.mk")"
+if [ "$hash_feature_list_pre" != "$hash_feature_list_post" ]; then
+    echo "Forgot to run make generate-features after updating features.yaml!"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+exit 0
diff --git a/dist/tools/ci/static_tests.sh b/dist/tools/ci/static_tests.sh
index 39235af9d7..fd78944ffa 100755
--- a/dist/tools/ci/static_tests.sh
+++ b/dist/tools/ci/static_tests.sh
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ export BASE_BRANCH="${CI_BASE_BRANCH}"
 run ./dist/tools/whitespacecheck/check.sh "${BASE_BRANCH}"
 DIFFFILTER="MR" ERROR_EXIT_CODE=0 run ./dist/tools/licenses/check.sh
 DIFFFILTER="AC" run ./dist/tools/licenses/check.sh
+run ./dist/tools/ci/check_features_existing_inc_mk_is_up_to_date.sh
 run ./dist/tools/doccheck/check.sh
 run ./dist/tools/externc/check.sh
 # broken configuration produces many false positives