diff --git a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
index c4f9d7f56554c0..6c2efeebc60c32 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/build_distributables.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ import {
   VerifyExistingNodeBuildsTask,
   PathLengthTask,
   WriteShaSumsTask,
+  UuidVerificationTask,
 } from './tasks';
 
 export async function buildDistributables(options) {
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ export async function buildDistributables(options) {
   await run(CleanNodeBuildsTask);
 
   await run(PathLengthTask);
+  await run(UuidVerificationTask);
 
   /**
    * package platform-specific builds into archives
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
index 56e813111279d4..8105fa8a7d5d47 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.js
@@ -38,3 +38,4 @@ export * from './verify_env_task';
 export * from './write_sha_sums_task';
 export * from './path_length_task';
 export * from './build_kibana_platform_plugins';
+export * from './uuid_verification_task';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/uuid_verification_task.js b/src/dev/build/tasks/uuid_verification_task.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..461f8c5db7a7c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/uuid_verification_task.js
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to Elasticsearch B.V. under one or more contributor
+ * license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright
+ * ownership. Elasticsearch B.V. licenses this file to you 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.
+ */
+
+import { resolve } from 'path';
+
+import { read } from '../lib';
+
+export const UuidVerificationTask = {
+  description: 'Verify that no UUID file is baked into the build',
+
+  async run(config, log, build) {
+    const buildRoot = build.resolvePath();
+    const uuidFilePath = resolve(buildRoot, 'data', 'uuid');
+    await read(uuidFilePath).then(
+      function success() {
+        throw new Error(`UUID file should not exist at [${uuidFilePath}]`);
+      },
+      function error(err) {
+        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') {
+          throw err;
+        }
+      }
+    );
+  },
+};