diff --git a/crates/spirv-builder/src/lib.rs b/crates/spirv-builder/src/lib.rs
index 797bf8588d..1d38d4b5ef 100644
--- a/crates/spirv-builder/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/spirv-builder/src/lib.rs
@@ -675,6 +675,24 @@ impl SpirvBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Shortcut for `cargo check`
+    pub fn check(&mut self) -> Result<CompileResult, SpirvBuilderError> {
+        self.run_cargo_cmd("check")
+    }
+
+    /// Shortcut for `cargo clippy`
+    pub fn clippy(&mut self) -> Result<CompileResult, SpirvBuilderError> {
+        self.run_cargo_cmd("clippy")
+    }
+
+    /// Run the supplied cargo cmd, and ensure to reset the state so [`Self::build`] still works as normal
+    fn run_cargo_cmd(&mut self, cmd: &str) -> Result<CompileResult, SpirvBuilderError> {
+        let old = self.cargo_cmd.replace(cmd.into());
+        let result = self.build();
+        self.cargo_cmd = old;
+        result
+    }
+
     /// Builds the module. If `print_metadata` is [`MetadataPrintout::Full`], you usually don't have to inspect the path
     /// in the result, as the environment variable for the path to the module will already be set.
     pub fn build(&self) -> Result<CompileResult, SpirvBuilderError> {