diff --git a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-main.yaml b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-main.yaml
index 8dbd4c8b6bed1..302aac3511de4 100644
--- a/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-main.yaml
+++ b/config/jobs/kubernetes-sigs/cluster-api/cluster-api-presubmits-main.yaml
@@ -210,3 +210,25 @@ presubmits:
     annotations:
       testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api
       testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-e2e-k8s-latest-main
+  - name: pull-cluster-api-operator-verify
+    decorate: true
+    path_alias: sigs.k8s.io/cluster-api
+    always_run: true
+    labels:
+      preset-service-account: "true"
+    branches:
+    # The script this job runs is not in all branches.
+    - ^operator-0.4$
+    spec:
+      containers:
+      - image: gcr.io/k8s-testimages/kubekins-e2e:v20210302-a6bf478-go-canary
+        command:
+        - "runner.sh"
+        - "make -c ./exp/operator"
+        - "verify"
+        resources:
+          requests:
+            cpu: 7300m
+    annotations:
+      testgrid-dashboards: sig-cluster-lifecycle-cluster-api
+      testgrid-tab-name: capi-pr-verify-main