diff --git a/embed/etcd.go b/embed/etcd.go
index fab7290e1a80..95557607ab8c 100644
--- a/embed/etcd.go
+++ b/embed/etcd.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import (
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v2v3"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3client"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/verify"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/debugutil"
 	runtimeutil "go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/runtime"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/transport"
@@ -376,6 +377,10 @@ func (e *Etcd) Close() {
 	defer func() {
 		if lg != nil {
 			lg.Info("closed etcd server", fields...)
+			verify.MustVerifyIfEnabled(verify.Config{
+				Logger:  lg,
+				DataDir: e.cfg.Dir,
+			})
 			lg.Sync()
 		}
 	}()
diff --git a/etcdserver/verify/doc.go b/etcdserver/verify/doc.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2c42bf6f1985
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcdserver/verify/doc.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The etcd 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.
+
+package verify
+
+// verify package is analyzing persistent state of etcd to find potential
+// inconsistencies.
+// In particular it covers cross-checking between different aspacts of etcd
+// storage like WAL & Backend.
diff --git a/etcdserver/verify/verify.go b/etcdserver/verify/verify.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..98078ec58f3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcdserver/verify/verify.go
@@ -0,0 +1,117 @@
+// Copyright 2021 The etcd 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.
+
+package verify
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/mvcc"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/mvcc/backend"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/fileutil"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/version"
+	"go.uber.org/zap"
+)
+
+const ENV_VERIFY = "ETCD_VERIFY"
+const ENV_VERIFY_ALL_VALUE = "all"
+
+type Config struct {
+	// DataDir is a root directory where the data being verified are stored.
+	DataDir string
+
+	Logger *zap.Logger
+}
+
+// Verify performs consistency checks of given etcd data-directory.
+// The errors are reported as the returned error, but for some situations
+// the function can also panic.
+// The function is expected to work on not-in-use data model, i.e.
+// no file-locks should be taken. Verify does not modified the data.
+func Verify(cfg Config) error {
+	lg := cfg.Logger
+	if lg == nil {
+		lg = zap.NewNop()
+	}
+
+	if !fileutil.Exist(toBackendFileName(cfg.DataDir)) {
+		lg.Info("verification skipped due to non exist db file")
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	var err error
+	lg.Info("verification of persisted state", zap.String("data-dir", cfg.DataDir))
+	defer func() {
+		if err != nil {
+			lg.Error("verification of persisted state failed",
+				zap.String("data-dir", cfg.DataDir),
+				zap.Error(err))
+		} else if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			lg.Error("verification of persisted state failed",
+				zap.String("data-dir", cfg.DataDir))
+			panic(r)
+		} else {
+			lg.Info("verification of persisted state successful", zap.String("data-dir", cfg.DataDir))
+		}
+	}()
+
+	beConfig := backend.DefaultBackendConfig()
+	beConfig.Path = toBackendFileName(cfg.DataDir)
+	beConfig.Logger = cfg.Logger
+
+	be := backend.New(beConfig)
+	defer be.Close()
+
+	err = validateSchema(lg, be)
+	return err
+}
+
+// VerifyIfEnabled performs verification according to ETCD_VERIFY env settings.
+// See Verify for more information.
+func VerifyIfEnabled(cfg Config) error {
+	if os.Getenv(ENV_VERIFY) == ENV_VERIFY_ALL_VALUE {
+		return Verify(cfg)
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// MustVerifyIfEnabled performs verification according to ETCD_VERIFY env settings
+// and exits in case of found problems.
+// See Verify for more information.
+func MustVerifyIfEnabled(cfg Config) {
+	if err := VerifyIfEnabled(cfg); err != nil {
+		cfg.Logger.Fatal("Verification failed",
+			zap.String("data-dir", cfg.DataDir),
+			zap.Error(err))
+	}
+}
+
+func validateSchema(lg *zap.Logger, be backend.Backend) error {
+	be.ReadTx().RLock()
+	defer be.ReadTx().RUnlock()
+	v, err := mvcc.UnsafeDetectSchemaVersion(lg, be.ReadTx())
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if !v.Equal(version.V3_4) {
+		return fmt.Errorf("detected unsupported data schema: %s", v.String())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func toBackendFileName(dataDir string) string {
+	return filepath.Join(dataDir, "member", "snap", "db")
+}
diff --git a/integration/cluster.go b/integration/cluster.go
index 11d44c965417..7fc1ee369d0d 100644
--- a/integration/cluster.go
+++ b/integration/cluster.go
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ import (
 	lockpb "go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3lock/v3lockpb"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/api/v3rpc"
 	pb "go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/etcdserverpb"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/etcdserver/verify"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/logutil"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/testutil"
 	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/tlsutil"
@@ -570,6 +571,7 @@ type member struct {
 	useIP                    bool
 
 	isLearner bool
+	closed    bool
 }
 
 func (m *member) GRPCAddr() string { return m.grpcAddr }
@@ -1045,6 +1047,15 @@ func (m *member) Close() {
 	for _, f := range m.serverClosers {
 		f()
 	}
+	if !m.closed {
+		// Avoid verification of the same file multiple times
+		// (that might not exist any longer)
+		verify.MustVerifyIfEnabled(verify.Config{
+			Logger:  m.Logger,
+			DataDir: m.DataDir,
+		})
+	}
+	m.closed = true
 }
 
 // Stop stops the member, but the data dir of the member is preserved.
diff --git a/test b/test
index d90f1133e3f2..6a916687c635 100755
--- a/test
+++ b/test
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 # $ COVERDIR=coverage PASSES="build_cov cov" ./test
 set -euo pipefail
 
+export ETCD_VERIFY=all
+
 source ./build
 
 PASSES=${PASSES:-}