diff --git a/pkg/diffs/diffs.go b/pkg/diffs/diffs.go
index 5ebb4cef016..e7e090ce562 100644
--- a/pkg/diffs/diffs.go
+++ b/pkg/diffs/diffs.go
@@ -229,3 +229,29 @@ func GetPresubmitsForClusterProfiles(prowConfig *prowconfig.Config, profiles []c
 	}
 	return ret
 }
+
+// GetChangedPeriodics compares the periodic jobs from two prow configs and returns a list the changed periodics.
+func GetChangedPeriodics(prowMasterConfig, prowPRConfig *prowconfig.Config, logger *logrus.Entry) []prowconfig.Periodic {
+	var changedPeriodics []prowconfig.Periodic
+	masterPeriodicsPerName := getPeriodicsPerName(prowMasterConfig.JobConfig.AllPeriodics())
+
+	for name, job := range getPeriodicsPerName(prowPRConfig.JobConfig.AllPeriodics()) {
+		if job.Agent == string(pjapi.KubernetesAgent) {
+			masterPeriodics := masterPeriodicsPerName[name]
+			if !equality.Semantic.DeepEqual(masterPeriodics.Spec, job.Spec) {
+				logger.WithFields(logrus.Fields{logJobName: job.Name, logDiffs: convertToReadableDiff(masterPeriodics.Spec, job.Spec, objectSpec)}).Info(chosenJob)
+				changedPeriodics = append(changedPeriodics, job)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return changedPeriodics
+}
+
+func getPeriodicsPerName(periodics []prowconfig.Periodic) map[string]prowconfig.Periodic {
+	ret := make(map[string]prowconfig.Periodic, len(periodics))
+	for _, periodic := range periodics {
+		ret[periodic.Name] = periodic
+	}
+	return ret
+}
diff --git a/pkg/diffs/diffs_test.go b/pkg/diffs/diffs_test.go
index c170859f802..a41b191e61b 100644
--- a/pkg/diffs/diffs_test.go
+++ b/pkg/diffs/diffs_test.go
@@ -527,3 +527,121 @@ func TestGetPresubmitsForClusterProfiles(t *testing.T) {
 		})
 	}
 }
+
+func TestGetChangedPeriodics(t *testing.T) {
+	basePeriodic := []prowconfig.Periodic{
+		{
+			JobBase: prowconfig.JobBase{
+				Agent: "kubernetes",
+				Name:  "test-base-periodic",
+				Spec: &v1.PodSpec{
+					Containers: []v1.Container{{
+						Command: []string{"ci-operator"},
+						Args:    []string{"--artifact-dir=$(ARTIFACTS)", "--target=images"},
+					}},
+				},
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	testCases := []struct {
+		name            string
+		configGenerator func() (before, after *prowconfig.Config)
+		expected        []prowconfig.Periodic
+	}{
+		{
+			name: "no differences mean nothing is identified as a diff",
+			configGenerator: func() (*prowconfig.Config, *prowconfig.Config) {
+				return makeConfigWithPeriodics(basePeriodic), makeConfigWithPeriodics(basePeriodic)
+			},
+			expected: nil,
+		},
+		{
+			name: "new job added",
+			configGenerator: func() (*prowconfig.Config, *prowconfig.Config) {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				var pNew prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+
+				pNew = p[0]
+				pNew.Name = "test-base-periodic-new"
+				p = append(p, pNew)
+
+				return makeConfigWithPeriodics(basePeriodic), makeConfigWithPeriodics(p)
+
+			},
+			expected: func() []prowconfig.Periodic {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				var pNew prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+				pNew = p[0]
+				pNew.Name = "test-base-periodic-new"
+
+				return append([]prowconfig.Periodic{}, pNew)
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "different spec is identified as a diff - single change",
+			configGenerator: func() (*prowconfig.Config, *prowconfig.Config) {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"test-command"}
+				return makeConfigWithPeriodics(basePeriodic), makeConfigWithPeriodics(p)
+
+			},
+			expected: func() []prowconfig.Periodic {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"test-command"}
+				return p
+			}(),
+		},
+		{
+			name: "different spec is identified as a diff - massive changes",
+			configGenerator: func() (*prowconfig.Config, *prowconfig.Config) {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"test-command"}
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Args = []string{"testarg", "testarg", "testarg"}
+				p[0].Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{{
+					Name: "test-volume",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+					}},
+				}
+				return makeConfigWithPeriodics(basePeriodic), makeConfigWithPeriodics(p)
+			},
+			expected: func() []prowconfig.Periodic {
+				var p []prowconfig.Periodic
+				deepcopy.Copy(&p, basePeriodic)
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Command = []string{"test-command"}
+				p[0].Spec.Containers[0].Args = []string{"testarg", "testarg", "testarg"}
+				p[0].Spec.Volumes = []v1.Volume{{
+					Name: "test-volume",
+					VolumeSource: v1.VolumeSource{
+						EmptyDir: &v1.EmptyDirVolumeSource{},
+					}},
+				}
+				return p
+			}(),
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, testCase := range testCases {
+		t.Run(testCase.name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			before, after := testCase.configGenerator()
+			p := GetChangedPeriodics(before, after, logrus.NewEntry(logrus.New()))
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(testCase.expected, p) {
+				t.Fatalf("Name:%s\nExpected %#v\nFound:%#v\n", testCase.name, testCase.expected, p)
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func makeConfigWithPeriodics(p []prowconfig.Periodic) *prowconfig.Config {
+	return &prowconfig.Config{
+		JobConfig: prowconfig.JobConfig{
+			Periodics: p,
+		},
+	}
+}