diff --git a/internal/status/checksum.go b/internal/status/checksum.go
index 44331047..6c08c58d 100644
--- a/internal/status/checksum.go
+++ b/internal/status/checksum.go
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@ import (
 // Checksum validades if a task is up to date by calculating its source
 // files checksum
 type Checksum struct {
-	Dir     string
-	Task    string
-	Sources []string
-	Dry     bool
+	Dir       string
+	Task      string
+	Sources   []string
+	Generates []string
+	Dry       bool
 }
 
 // IsUpToDate implements the Checker interface
@@ -32,6 +33,16 @@ func (c *Checksum) IsUpToDate() (bool, error) {
 		return false, err
 	}
 
+	generates, err := glob(c.Dir, c.Generates)
+	if err != nil || len(generates) == 0 {
+		return false, err
+	}
+	for _, generate := range generates {
+		if _, err := os.Stat(generate); err != nil {
+			return false, nil
+		}
+	}
+
 	newMd5, err := c.checksum(sources...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return false, nil
diff --git a/status.go b/status.go
index 7ebb5f84..51d0e4cb 100644
--- a/status.go
+++ b/status.go
@@ -58,10 +58,11 @@ func (e *Executor) getStatusChecker(t *taskfile.Task) (status.Checker, error) {
 		}, nil
 	case "checksum":
 		return &status.Checksum{
-			Dir:     t.Dir,
-			Task:    t.Task,
-			Sources: t.Sources,
-			Dry:     e.Dry,
+			Dir:       t.Dir,
+			Task:      t.Task,
+			Sources:   t.Sources,
+			Generates: t.Generates,
+			Dry:       e.Dry,
 		}, nil
 	case "none":
 		return status.None{}, nil