diff --git a/hack/validate/default b/hack/validate/default
index e243f43831..1dce96350c 100755
--- a/hack/validate/default
+++ b/hack/validate/default
@@ -16,3 +16,4 @@ export SCRIPTDIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 . $SCRIPTDIR/vet
 . $SCRIPTDIR/changelog-well-formed
 . $SCRIPTDIR/changelog-date-descending
+. $SCRIPTDIR/compose-bindata