diff --git a/app/test_common.go b/app/test_common.go
index f7ca3b95..099f7a77 100644
--- a/app/test_common.go
+++ b/app/test_common.go
@@ -72,6 +72,12 @@ func NewTestApp() TestApp {
 	return TestApp{App: *app}
 }
 
+func NewTestAppFromSealed() TestApp {
+	db := tmdb.NewMemDB()
+	app := NewApp(log.NewNopLogger(), db, nil, AppOptions{})
+	return TestApp{App: *app}
+}
+
 // nolint
 func (tApp TestApp) GetAccountKeeper() auth.AccountKeeper { return tApp.accountKeeper }
 func (tApp TestApp) GetBankKeeper() bank.Keeper           { return tApp.bankKeeper }
diff --git a/cmd/kvd/main.go b/cmd/kvd/main.go
index 878e8424..60ad2e1e 100644
--- a/cmd/kvd/main.go
+++ b/cmd/kvd/main.go
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ func main() {
 		genutilcli.InitCmd(ctx, cdc, app.ModuleBasics, app.DefaultNodeHome),
 		genutilcli.CollectGenTxsCmd(ctx, cdc, auth.GenesisAccountIterator{}, app.DefaultNodeHome),
 		migrate.MigrateGenesisCmd(ctx, cdc),
+		migrate.AssertInvariantsCmd(ctx, cdc),
 		genutilcli.GenTxCmd(
 			ctx,
 			cdc,
diff --git a/migrate/cmd.go b/migrate/cmd.go
index 0facd30e..b4a34a10 100644
--- a/migrate/cmd.go
+++ b/migrate/cmd.go
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/server"
 	sdk "github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/types"
 	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/version"
+	"github.com/cosmos/cosmos-sdk/x/genutil"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 	tmtypes "github.com/tendermint/tendermint/types"
 
+	"github.com/kava-labs/kava/app"
 	"github.com/kava-labs/kava/migrate/v0_15"
 )
 
@@ -48,3 +50,38 @@ func MigrateGenesisCmd(_ *server.Context, cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
 
 	return cmd
 }
+
+func AssertInvariantsCmd(_ *server.Context, cdc *codec.Codec) *cobra.Command {
+	cmd := &cobra.Command{
+		Use:     "assert-invariants [genesis-file]",
+		Short:   "Validates that the input genesis file is valid and invariants pass",
+		Long:    "Reads the input genesis file into a genesis document, checks that the state is valid and asserts that all invariants pass.",
+		Example: fmt.Sprintf(`%s assert-invariants /path/to/genesis.json`, version.ServerName),
+		Args:    cobra.ExactArgs(1),
+		RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) error {
+
+			importGenesis := args[0]
+			genDoc, err := tmtypes.GenesisDocFromFile(importGenesis)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to read genesis document from file %s: %w", importGenesis, err)
+			}
+			tApp := app.NewTestAppFromSealed()
+			var newAppState genutil.AppMap
+			cdc := app.MakeCodec()
+			err = cdc.UnmarshalJSON(genDoc.AppState, &newAppState)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("failed to marchal app state from genesis doc: %s: %w", importGenesis, err)
+			}
+			err = app.ModuleBasics.ValidateGenesis(newAppState)
+			if err != nil {
+				return fmt.Errorf("genesis doc did not pass validate genesis: %s: %w", importGenesis, err)
+			}
+			tApp.InitializeFromGenesisStatesWithTimeAndChainID(genDoc.GenesisTime, genDoc.ChainID, app.GenesisState(newAppState))
+
+			fmt.Printf("successfully asserted all invariants for %s\n", importGenesis)
+			return nil
+		},
+	}
+
+	return cmd
+}
diff --git a/migrate/v0_15/migrate.md b/migrate/v0_15/migrate.md
index eb05ef85..ab637520 100644
--- a/migrate/v0_15/migrate.md
+++ b/migrate/v0_15/migrate.md
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ kvd export --for-zero-height --height 1878509 > export-genesis.json
 
   # Verify output of genesis migration
   kvd validate-genesis genesis.json # should say it's valid
+  kvd assert-invariants genesis.json # should say invariants pass
   jq -S -c -M '' genesis.json | shasum -a 256
   # PLACEHOLDER