diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/test-go.yml b/.gitea/workflows/test-go.yml
index 0eae539f..b3eb990f 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/test-go.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/test-go.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ on:
       - 'go.mod'
       - 'go.sum'
       - 'sqlc.yaml'
+      - 'Makefile'
       - 'internal/**'
       - 'cmd/**'
       - '.golangci.yml'
@@ -53,6 +54,9 @@ jobs:
           go version
           golangci-lint --version
 
+      - name: Generated code matches queries (sqlc)
+        run: make verify-generate
+
       - name: go vet
         run: go vet ./...
 
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fa1e2e04..69fca217 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,10 +1,30 @@
-.PHONY: generate test test-short test-integration lint build
+.PHONY: generate generate-go verify-generate test test-short test-integration lint build
 
+# renovate: datasource=docker depName=sqlc/sqlc
 SQLC_VERSION := 1.31.1
 
+# Local codegen. Containerised so a dev needs no sqlc install.
 generate:
 	docker run --rm -v "$(CURDIR):/src" -w /src sqlc/sqlc:$(SQLC_VERSION) generate
 
+# Same codegen, run as a Go tool instead of a container. This is the CI path:
+# the ci-go image already has Go, so it avoids docker-in-docker. Pinned to the
+# SAME version as `generate` above so both routes emit identical output.
+generate-go:
+	go run github.com/sqlc-dev/sqlc/cmd/sqlc@v$(SQLC_VERSION) generate
+
+# Fail if the committed generated code no longer matches the .sql sources.
+#
+# Nothing verified this before, so internal/db/dbq could silently drift from
+# internal/db/queries — a hand-edit, a half-applied regen, or a schema change
+# without a regen would all pass CI while the typed layer lied about the SQL.
+#
+# The diff is printed BEFORE the exit-code check on purpose: when this fails,
+# the log then contains sqlc's exact expected output, which is what you commit.
+verify-generate: generate-go
+	git --no-pager diff -- internal/db/dbq
+	git diff --quiet -- internal/db/dbq
+
 test:
 	go test -race ./...