diff --git a/build/repo.targets b/build/repo.targets
index 7bc96da045..eaabd28f9b 100644
--- a/build/repo.targets
+++ b/build/repo.targets
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@
   </Target>
 
   <Target Name="CheckUniverse"
-    DependsOnTargets="ComputeGraph;VerifyPackageArtifactConfig" />
+    DependsOnTargets="ComputeGraph;VerifyPackageArtifactConfig;VerifyAllReposHaveNuGetPackageVerifier" />
 
   <Target Name="VerifyCoherentVersions" DependsOnTargets="ResolveRepoInfo">
     <ItemGroup>
@@ -212,4 +212,9 @@
       ExternalDependencies="@(ExternalDependency);@(ShippedExternalDependency)" />
   </Target>
 
+  <Target Name="VerifyAllReposHaveNuGetPackageVerifier" DependsOnTargets="_PrepareRepositories">
+    <Error Condition="!Exists('%(Repository.RootPath)NuGetPackageVerifier.json')"
+           Text="Repository %(Repository.Identity) is missing NuGetPackageVerifier.json. Expected file to exist in %(Repository.RootPath)NuGetPackageVerifier.json" />
+  </Target>
+
 </Project>