diff --git a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
index 6a39d29b47..d5a870e38a 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/semver_checks.yml
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ jobs:
       run: cargo install cargo-semver-checks --no-default-features
     - name: Verify the API compatibilty with PR base
       id: semver-pr-check
-      run: cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql --baseline-rev "$PR_BASE"
+      run: make semver-rev rev="$PR_BASE"
       continue-on-error: true
     - name: Remove breaking label on success
       run: gh pr edit "$PR_ID" --remove-label semver-checks-breaking
@@ -59,4 +59,4 @@ jobs:
     - name: Install semver-checks
       run: cargo install cargo-semver-checks --no-default-features
     - name: Verify that's it's safe to publish the version.
-      run: cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql
+      run: make semver-version
diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.md b/CONTRIBUTING.md
index 174c11cb8b..ae55a5bb3f 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTING.md
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.md
@@ -100,3 +100,13 @@ cargo build --examples
 
 mdbook test -L target/debug/deps/ docs
 ```
+
+## Semver checking 
+
+Our CI runs cargo semver-checks and labels PRs that introduce breaking changes.
+If you don't intend to change public API, you can perform the checks locally,
+using command `make semver-rev`. Make sure you have semver-checks installed first,
+you can install it using `cargo install cargo-semver-checks`.
+
+`make semver-rev` will check for API breaking changes using `main` branch as baseline.
+To use different branch / commit call `make semver-rev rev=BRANCH`.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index e09ee6bc60..91d4485bf9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -48,6 +48,14 @@ build:
 docs:
 	mdbook build docs
 
+.PHONY: semver-rev
+semver-rev:
+	./scripts/semver-checks.sh $(if $(rev),--baseline-rev $(rev),--baseline-rev main)
+
+.PHONY: semver-version
+semver-version:
+	./scripts/semver-checks.sh $(if $(version),--baseline-version $(version),)
+
 .PHONY: up
 up:
 	$(COMPOSE) up -d --wait
diff --git a/scripts/semver-checks.sh b/scripts/semver-checks.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000000..43badbfc25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/semver-checks.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+
+cargo semver-checks -p scylla -p scylla-cql $@
\ No newline at end of file