diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index aada8fd38838..e63d24faf8b3 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ src/app/frontend/environments/version.ts
 
 # Local copies of dependencies that should stay on developers' local machines:
 node_modules/
+vendor/
 
 # Build and test artifacts:
 .go_workspace/
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index a449e4f817e0..34fe33bf3fe8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -25,9 +25,6 @@ before_install:
   - mv $HOME/build/kubernetes $GOPATH/src/github.com/
   - export TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR=$GOPATH/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard
   - cd $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR
-  - mkdir -p $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.tmp/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app
-  - cp -r $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/src/app/backend $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.tmp/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app
-  - ln -s $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/vendor $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.tmp/src/github.com/kubernetes/dashboard/src/app/backend/vendor
 
 before_script:
   - curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
@@ -43,7 +40,6 @@ jobs:
       script: npm run check
     - script: npm run test:coverage
       after_success:
-        - rm -rf $TRAVIS_BUILD_DIR/.tmp
         - bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/bash)
     - script: npm run cluster:start && npm run test:e2e
     - stage: deploy
diff --git a/aio/scripts/update-vendor.sh b/aio/scripts/update-vendor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..88daa7925e09
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/scripts/update-vendor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2019 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+TMP_DIR="${TMP_DIR:-$(mktemp -d /tmp/update-vendor.XXXX)}"
+
+echo "vendor: running 'go mod tidy'"
+go mod tidy -v
+
+echo "vendor: running 'go mod vendor'"
+go mod vendor
+
+# sort recorded packages for a given vendored dependency in modules.txt.
+# `go mod vendor` outputs in imported order, which means slight go changes (or different platforms) can result in a differently ordered modules.txt.
+# scan                 | prefix comment lines with the module name       | sort field 1  | strip leading text on comment lines
+awk '{if($1=="#") print $2 " " $0; else print}' < vendor/modules.txt | sort -k1,1 -s | sed 's/.*#/#/' > "${TMP_DIR}/modules.txt.tmp"
+mv "${TMP_DIR}/modules.txt.tmp" vendor/modules.txt
+
+echo "Vendor Updated"
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/aio/scripts/verify-vendor.sh b/aio/scripts/verify-vendor.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..b4d161766c70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aio/scripts/verify-vendor.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# Copyright 2015 The Kubernetes Authors.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o nounset
+set -o pipefail
+
+KUBE_ROOT=$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")/../..
+
+mkdir -p "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp"
+_tmpdir="$(mktemp -d "${KUBE_ROOT}/_tmp/kube-vendor.XXXXXX")"
+
+if [[ -z ${KEEP_TMP:-} ]]; then
+    KEEP_TMP=false
+fi
+
+# Copy the contents of the kube directory into the nice clean place (which is NOT shaped like a GOPATH)
+_kubetmp="${_tmpdir}"
+mkdir -p "${_kubetmp}"
+# should create ${_kubectmp}/kubernetes
+git archive --format=tar --prefix=kubernetes/ "$(git write-tree)" | (cd "${_kubetmp}" && tar xf -)
+_kubetmp="${_kubetmp}/kubernetes"
+
+pushd "${_kubetmp}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  # Destroy deps in the copy of the kube tree
+  rm -rf ./vendor
+
+  # Recreate the vendor tree using the nice clean set we just downloaded
+  aio/scripts/update-vendor.sh
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+ret=0
+
+pushd "${KUBE_ROOT}" > /dev/null 2>&1
+  # Test for diffs
+  if ! _out="$(diff -Naupr --ignore-matching-lines='^\s*\"GoVersion\":' go.mod "${_kubetmp}/go.mod")"; then
+    echo "Your go.mod file is different:" >&2
+    echo "${_out}" >&2
+    echo "Vendor Verify failed." >&2
+    echo "If you're seeing this locally, run the below command to fix your go.mod:" >&2
+    echo "npm run fix:backend:vendor" >&2
+    ret=1
+  fi
+popd > /dev/null 2>&1
+
+chmod -R +w "${_tmpdir}"
+if [ "${KEEP_TMP}" == "true" ]; then
+  echo "Leaving ${_tmpdir} for you to examine or copy. Please delete it manually when finished. (rm -rf ${_tmpdir})"
+else
+  echo "Removing ${_tmpdir}"
+  rm -rf "${_tmpdir}"
+fi
+
+if [[ ${ret} -gt 0 ]]; then
+  exit ${ret}
+fi
+
+echo "Vendor Verified."
+# ex: ts=2 sw=2 et filetype=sh
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e10e2c157e91..fc1d6de9d7d3 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,9 @@
     "cluster:start": "./aio/scripts/start-cluster.sh",
     "cluster:stop": "./aio/scripts/stop-cluster.sh",
     "check": "concurrently \"npm run check:backend\" \"npm run check:frontend\" \"npm run check:license\" \"npm run check:i18n\"",
-    "check:backend": "golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml src/app/backend/...",
+    "check:backend": "concurrently \"npm run check:backend:lint\" \"npm run check:backend:vendor\"",
+    "check:backend:lint": "golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml src/app/backend/...",
+    "check:backend:vendor": "./aio/scripts/verify-vendor.sh",
     "check:frontend": "concurrently \"npm run check:frontend:ts\" \"npm run check:frontend:scss\" \"npm run check:frontend:html\"",
     "check:frontend:ts": "gts check",
     "check:frontend:scss": "./aio/scripts/format.sh --styles --check && ./node_modules/sass-lint/bin/sass-lint.js -c .sass-lint.yml 'src/app/frontend/**/*.scss' -v -q",
@@ -44,7 +46,9 @@
     "check:license": "gulp check-license-headers",
     "check:i18n": "ng xi18n --outFile ../i18n/messages.xlf",
     "fix": "concurrently \"npm run fix:backend\" \"npm run fix:frontend\" \"npm run fix:license\" \"npm run fix:i18n\"",
-    "fix:backend": "golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml --fix src/app/backend/...",
+    "fix:backend": "concurrently \"npm run fix:backend:lint\" \"npm run fix:backend:vendor\"",
+    "fix:backend:lint": "golangci-lint run -c .golangci.yml --fix src/app/backend/...",
+    "fix:backend:vendor": "./aio/scripts/update-vendor.sh",
     "fix:frontend": "concurrently \"npm run fix:frontend:ts\" \"npm run fix:frontend:scss\" \"npm run fix:frontend:html\"",
     "fix:frontend:ts": "gts fix",
     "fix:frontend:scss": "scssfmt -r 'src/**/*.scss'",