diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.json.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.json.ex
index fe5d046b..f50cd849 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.json.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.json.ex
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Openapi.Spec.Json do
 
       $ mix openapi.spec.json --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec apispec.json
       $ mix openapi.spec.json --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --pretty=true
+      $ mix openapi.spec.json --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --check=true
       $ mix openapi.spec.json --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --start-app=false
       $ mix openapi.spec.json --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --vendor-extensions=false
 
@@ -16,6 +17,8 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Openapi.Spec.Json do
 
   * `--pretty` - Whether to prettify the generated JSON (defaults to false)
 
+  * `--check` - Whether to only compare the generated JSON with the spec file (defaults to false)
+
   * `--start-app` - Whether need to start application before generate schema (defaults to true)
 
   * `--vendor-extensions` - Whether to include open_api_spex OpenAPI vendor extensions
diff --git a/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.yaml.ex b/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.yaml.ex
index caef6ecd..5c4c2289 100644
--- a/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.yaml.ex
+++ b/lib/mix/tasks/openapi.spec.yaml.ex
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Openapi.Spec.Yaml do
   ## Examples
 
       $ mix openapi.spec.yaml --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec apispec.yaml
+      $ mix openapi.spec.yaml --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --check=true
       $ mix openapi.spec.yaml --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --start-app=false
       $ mix openapi.spec.yaml --spec PhoenixAppWeb.ApiSpec --vendor-extensions=false
 
@@ -13,6 +14,8 @@ defmodule Mix.Tasks.Openapi.Spec.Yaml do
 
   * `--spec` - The ApiSpec module from which to generate the OpenAPI YAML file
 
+  * `--check` - Whether to only compare the generated YAML with the spec file (defaults to false)
+
   * `--start-app` - Whether to start the application before generating the schema (defaults to true)
 
   * `--vendor-extensions` - Whether to include open_api_spex OpenAPI vendor extensions
diff --git a/lib/open_api_spex/export_spec.ex b/lib/open_api_spex/export_spec.ex
index a6c457b8..4e8c1ff7 100644
--- a/lib/open_api_spex/export_spec.ex
+++ b/lib/open_api_spex/export_spec.ex
@@ -7,16 +7,27 @@ defmodule OpenApiSpex.ExportSpec do
   defmodule Options do
     @moduledoc false
 
-    defstruct filename: nil, spec: nil, pretty: false, vendor_extensions: true, quiet: false
+    defstruct filename: nil,
+              spec: nil,
+              pretty: false,
+              check: false,
+              vendor_extensions: true,
+              quiet: false
   end
 
   def call(argv, encode_spec, default_filename) do
     opts = parse_options(argv, default_filename)
 
-    opts
-    |> generate_spec()
-    |> encode_spec.(opts)
-    |> write_spec(opts)
+    encoded_spec =
+      opts
+      |> generate_spec()
+      |> encode_spec.(opts)
+
+    if opts.check do
+      check_spec(encoded_spec, opts)
+    else
+      write_spec(encoded_spec, opts)
+    end
   end
 
   defp generate_spec(%{spec: spec, vendor_extensions: vendor_extensions}) do
@@ -45,6 +56,7 @@ defmodule OpenApiSpex.ExportSpec do
         spec: :string,
         endpoint: :string,
         pretty: :boolean,
+        check: :boolean,
         vendor_extensions: :boolean,
         quiet: :boolean
       ]
@@ -56,11 +68,18 @@ defmodule OpenApiSpex.ExportSpec do
       filename: args |> List.first() || default_filename,
       spec: find_spec(opts),
       pretty: Keyword.get(opts, :pretty, false),
+      check: Keyword.get(opts, :check, false),
       vendor_extensions: Keyword.get(opts, :vendor_extensions, true),
       quiet: Keyword.get(opts, :quiet, false)
     }
   end
 
+  defp check_spec(content, opts) do
+    unless content == File.read!(opts.filename) do
+      Mix.raise("The OpenAPI spec file does not match the generated spec:\n\n#{content}")
+    end
+  end
+
   defp write_spec(content, opts) do
     case Path.dirname(opts.filename) do
       "." -> true