diff --git a/hack/tools/go.mod b/hack/tools/go.mod
index ce9aab4951..8d4a35af60 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.mod
+++ b/hack/tools/go.mod
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ module sigs.k8s.io/kind/hack/tools
 go 1.12
 
 require (
+	github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 // indirect
 	github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7
-	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180911133044-677d2ff680c1 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190514230902-921b34c7d07f // indirect
+	honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a // indirect
 	k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20181116211957-405721ab9678
 	k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20181113154421-fd15ee9cc2f7 // indirect
 	k8s.io/klog v0.1.0 // indirect
diff --git a/hack/tools/go.sum b/hack/tools/go.sum
index 80a3c940f4..7df30707e8 100644
--- a/hack/tools/go.sum
+++ b/hack/tools/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1 h1:WXkYYl6Yr3qBf1K79EBnL4mak0OimBfB0XUf9Vl28OQ=
+github.com/BurntSushi/toml v0.3.1/go.mod h1:xHWCNGjB5oqiDr8zfno3MHue2Ht5sIBksp03qcyfWMU=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2 h1:Fy0orTDgHdbnzHcsOgfCN4LtHf0ec3wwtiwJqwvf3Gc=
 github.com/spf13/pflag v1.0.2/go.mod h1:DYY7MBk1bdzusC3SYhjObp+wFpr4gzcvqqNjLnInEg4=
+golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7 h1:00BeQWmeaGazuOrq8Q5K5d3/cHaGuFrZzpaHBXfrsUA=
 golang.org/x/lint v0.0.0-20180702182130-06c8688daad7/go.mod h1:UVdnD1Gm6xHRNCYTkRU2/jEulfH38KcIWyp/GAMgvoE=
+golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190311183353-d8887717615a/go.mod h1:t9HGtf8HONx5eT2rtn7q6eTqICYqUVnKs3thJo3Qplg=
+golang.org/x/sync v0.0.0-20190423024810-112230192c58/go.mod h1:RxMgew5VJxzue5/jJTE5uejpjVlOe/izrB70Jof72aM=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180911133044-677d2ff680c1 h1:dzEuQYa6+a3gROnSlgly5ERUm4SZKJt+dh+4iSbO+bI=
 golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180911133044-677d2ff680c1/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190514230902-921b34c7d07f h1:dts7Z0mEJGlDyDVnbbogjfEhUYvrBjvYECNJxwG5IK8=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20190514230902-921b34c7d07f/go.mod h1:RgjU9mgBXZiqYHBnxXauZ1Gv1EHHAz9KjViQ78xBX0Q=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a h1:LJwr7TCTghdatWv40WobzlKXc9c4s8oGa7QKJUtHhWA=
+honnef.co/go/tools v0.0.0-20190418001031-e561f6794a2a/go.mod h1:rf3lG4BRIbNafJWhAfAdb/ePZxsR/4RtNHQocxwk9r4=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20181116211957-405721ab9678 h1:HymXxD0e1DpTrSSXAj+vsAag/sqvq/mCv4J2OONqM90=
 k8s.io/code-generator v0.0.0-20181116211957-405721ab9678/go.mod h1:MYiN+ZJZ9HkETbgVZdWw2AsuAi9PZ4V80cwfuf2axe8=
 k8s.io/gengo v0.0.0-20181113154421-fd15ee9cc2f7 h1:zjNgw2qqBQmKd0S59lGZBQqFxJqUZroVbDphfnVm5do=
diff --git a/hack/tools/tools.go b/hack/tools/tools.go
index ca57cf85c3..07480a3ca6 100644
--- a/hack/tools/tools.go
+++ b/hack/tools/tools.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ package tools
 import (
 	// linter(s)
 	_ "golang.org/x/lint"
+	_ "honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck"
 
 	// kubernetes code generators
 	_ "k8s.io/code-generator/cmd/conversion-gen"
diff --git a/hack/verify-all.sh b/hack/verify-all.sh
index cb4af91014..7f25893f86 100755
--- a/hack/verify-all.sh
+++ b/hack/verify-all.sh
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ if [[ "${VERIFY_GOVET:-true}" == "true" ]]; then
   cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
 fi
 
+if [[ "${VERIFY_STATICCHECK:-true}" == "true" ]]; then
+  echo "verifying staticcheck ..."
+  hack/verify-staticcheck.sh || res=1
+  cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+fi
+
 if [[ "${VERIFY_GENERATED:-true}" == "true" ]]; then
   echo "verifying generated ..."
   hack/verify-generated.sh || res=1
diff --git a/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh b/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..e96796d847
--- /dev/null
+++ b/hack/verify-staticcheck.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# CI script to run staticcheck
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+# cd to the repo root
+REPO_ROOT=$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+
+# enable modules and the proxy cache
+export GO111MODULE="on"
+GOPROXY="${GOPROXY:-https://proxy.golang.org}"
+export GOPROXY
+
+# build staticcheck
+BINDIR="${REPO_ROOT}/bin"
+# use the tools module
+cd "hack/tools"
+go build -o "${BINDIR}/staticcheck" honnef.co/go/tools/cmd/staticcheck
+# go back to the root
+cd "${REPO_ROOT}"
+
+"${BINDIR}/staticcheck" ./pkg/... ./cmd/... .
diff --git a/pkg/cluster/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go b/pkg/cluster/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
index 3600d6966a..7fed7c8d27 100644
--- a/pkg/cluster/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
+++ b/pkg/cluster/config/fuzzer/fuzzer.go
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import (
 func Funcs(codecs runtimeserializer.CodecFactory) []interface{} {
 	return []interface{}{
 		fuzzConfig,
+		fuzzNode,
 	}
 }