diff --git a/etcdutl/ctl.go b/etcdutl/ctl.go
index a044547c63c6..dbdc5cc7810d 100644
--- a/etcdutl/ctl.go
+++ b/etcdutl/ctl.go
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ func init() {
 		etcdutl.NewDefragCommand(),
 		etcdutl.NewSnapshotCommand(),
 		etcdutl.NewVersionCommand(),
+		etcdutl.NewCheckCommand(),
 	)
 }
 
diff --git a/etcdutl/etcdutl/check_command.go b/etcdutl/etcdutl/check_command.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..fc4b439f5664
--- /dev/null
+++ b/etcdutl/etcdutl/check_command.go
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+// Copyright 2024 The etcd 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.
+
+package etcdutl
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"path/filepath"
+
+	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/pkg/v3/cobrautl"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver/api/membership"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver/api/snap"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/etcdserver/api/v2store"
+	"go.etcd.io/etcd/server/v3/wal"
+)
+
+// NewCheckCommand returns the cobra command for "check".
+func NewCheckCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "check <subcommand>",
+		Short: "commands for checking properties",
+	}
+	cmd.AddCommand(NewCheckV2StoreCommand())
+	return cmd
+}
+
+var (
+	argCheckV2StoreDataDir string
+)
+
+// NewCheckV2StoreCommand returns the cobra command for "check v2store".
+func NewCheckV2StoreCommand() *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:   "v2store",
+		Short: "Check custom content in v2store",
+		Run:   checkV2StoreRunFunc,
+	}
+	cmd.Flags().StringVar(&argCheckV2StoreDataDir, "data-dir", "", "Required. A data directory not in use by etcd.")
+	cmd.MarkFlagRequired("data-dir")
+	return cmd
+}
+
+func checkV2StoreRunFunc(_ *cobra.Command, _ []string) {
+	err := checkV2StoreDataDir(argCheckV2StoreDataDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		cobrautl.ExitWithError(cobrautl.ExitError, err)
+	}
+}
+
+func checkV2StoreDataDir(dataDir string) error {
+	var (
+		lg = GetLogger()
+
+		walDir  = filepath.Join(dataDir, "member", "wal")
+		snapDir = filepath.Join(dataDir, "member", "snap")
+	)
+
+	walSnaps, err := wal.ValidSnapshotEntries(lg, walDir)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, wal.ErrFileNotFound) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+
+	ss := snap.New(lg, snapDir)
+	snapshot, err := ss.LoadNewestAvailable(walSnaps)
+	if err != nil {
+		if errors.Is(err, snap.ErrNoSnapshot) {
+			return nil
+		}
+		return err
+	}
+	if snapshot == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	st := v2store.New(etcdserver.StoreClusterPrefix, etcdserver.StoreKeysPrefix)
+
+	if err := st.Recovery(snapshot.Data); err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to recover v2store from snapshot: %w", err)
+	}
+	return assertNoV2StoreContent(st)
+}
+
+func assertNoV2StoreContent(st v2store.Store) error {
+	metaOnly, err := membership.IsMetaStoreOnly(st)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	if metaOnly {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return fmt.Errorf("detected custom content in v2store")
+}
diff --git a/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go b/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
index 52dec549b075..6fe12475b627 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
+++ b/tests/e2e/v2store_deprecation_test.go
@@ -97,3 +97,60 @@ func TestV2DeprecationWriteOnlyNoV2Api(t *testing.T) {
 	_, err = proc.Expect("--enable-v2 and --v2-deprecation=write-only are mutually exclusive")
 	assert.NoError(t, err)
 }
+
+func TestV2DeprecationCheckCustomContentOffline(t *testing.T) {
+	e2e.BeforeTest(t)
+
+	t.Run("WithCustomContent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dataDirPath := t.TempDir()
+
+		createV2store(t, dataDirPath)
+
+		assertVerifyCheckCustomContentOffline(t, dataDirPath)
+	})
+
+	t.Run("WithoutCustomContent", func(t *testing.T) {
+		dataDirPath := ""
+
+		func() {
+			cCtx := getDefaultCtlCtx(t)
+
+			cfg := cCtx.cfg
+			cfg.ClusterSize = 3
+			cfg.SnapshotCount = 5
+			cfg.EnableV2 = true
+
+			// create a cluster with 3 members
+			epc, err := e2e.NewEtcdProcessCluster(t, &cfg)
+			assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+			cCtx.epc = epc
+			dataDirPath = epc.Procs[0].Config().DataDirPath
+
+			defer func() {
+				assert.NoError(t, epc.Stop())
+			}()
+
+			// create key-values with v3 api
+			for i := 0; i < 10; i++ {
+				assert.NoError(t, ctlV3Put(cCtx, fmt.Sprintf("key%d", i), fmt.Sprintf("value%d", i), ""))
+			}
+		}()
+
+		proc, err := e2e.SpawnCmd([]string{e2e.BinDir + "/etcdutl", "check", "v2store", "--data-dir=" + dataDirPath}, nil)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+		proc.Wait()
+		assert.NotContains(t, proc.Lines(), "detected custom content in v2store")
+	})
+}
+
+func assertVerifyCheckCustomContentOffline(t *testing.T, dataDirPath string) {
+	t.Logf("Checking custom content in v2store - %s", dataDirPath)
+
+	proc, err := e2e.SpawnCmd([]string{e2e.BinDir + "/etcdutl", "check", "v2store", "--data-dir=" + dataDirPath}, nil)
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+
+	_, err = proc.Expect("detected custom content in v2store")
+	assert.NoError(t, err)
+}