diff --git a/.ci/verify b/.ci/verify
index c14839b0c..972c220d8 100755
--- a/.ci/verify
+++ b/.ci/verify
@@ -14,4 +14,4 @@ mkdir -p /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-alicloud
 cp -r . /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-alicloud
 cd /go/src/github.com/gardener/gardener-extension-provider-alicloud
 
-make verify-extended
+make verify-extended check-docforge
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4425992c3..a17b5f0d3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 /local
 **/dev
 /bin
+hack/tools/bin
 
 *.coverprofile
 *.html
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 36bb6d67f..482ad298a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ ACCESS_KEY_ID_FILE     := .kube-secrets/alicloud/access_key_id.secret
 ACCESS_KEY_SECRET_FILE := .kube-secrets/alicloud/access_key_secret.secret
 VPC_ID_FILE            := .kube-secrets/alicloud/vpc_id.secret
 
+#########################################
+# Tools                                 #
+#########################################
+
+TOOLS_DIR := hack/tools
+include vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/tools.mk
+
 #########################################
 # Rules for local development scenarios #
 #########################################
@@ -121,6 +128,10 @@ check:
 	@$(REPO_ROOT)/vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/check.sh --golangci-lint-config=./.golangci.yaml ./cmd/... ./pkg/... ./test/...
 	@$(REPO_ROOT)/vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/check-charts.sh ./charts
 
+.PHONY: check-docforge
+check-docforge: $(DOCFORGE)
+	@$(REPO_ROOT)/vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/check-docforge.sh $(REPO_ROOT) $(REPO_ROOT)/.docforge/manifest.yaml ".docforge/;docs/" "gardener-extension-provider-alicloud" false
+
 .PHONY: generate
 generate:
 	@$(REPO_ROOT)/vendor/github.com/gardener/gardener/hack/generate.sh ./charts/... ./cmd/... ./example/... ./pkg/...
diff --git a/hack/tools/bin/.gitkeep b/hack/tools/bin/.gitkeep
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb