diff --git a/superset/config.py b/superset/config.py
index 43155366c5ece..2febf07acd254 100644
--- a/superset/config.py
+++ b/superset/config.py
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ class CeleryConfig:  # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods
 # The use case is can be around adding some sort of comment header
 # with information such as the username and worker node information
 #
-#    def SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR(sql, username, security_manager):
+#    def SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR(sql, user_name, security_manager, database):
 #        dttm = datetime.now().isoformat()
 #        return f"-- [SQL LAB] {username} {dttm}\n{sql}"
 SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR = None
diff --git a/superset/sql_lab.py b/superset/sql_lab.py
index 1153a2b7d6be6..9acb02097841c 100644
--- a/superset/sql_lab.py
+++ b/superset/sql_lab.py
@@ -29,11 +29,13 @@
 from celery.task.base import Task
 from flask_babel import lazy_gettext as _
 from sqlalchemy.orm import Session
+from werkzeug.local import LocalProxy
 
 from superset import app, results_backend, results_backend_use_msgpack, security_manager
 from superset.dataframe import df_to_records
 from superset.db_engine_specs import BaseEngineSpec
 from superset.extensions import celery_app
+from superset.models.core import Database
 from superset.models.sql_lab import Query
 from superset.result_set import SupersetResultSet
 from superset.sql_parse import CtasMethod, ParsedQuery
@@ -47,13 +49,25 @@
 from superset.utils.dates import now_as_float
 from superset.utils.decorators import stats_timing
 
+
+# pylint: disable=unused-argument, redefined-outer-name
+def dummy_sql_query_mutator(
+    sql: str,
+    user_name: Optional[str],
+    security_manager: LocalProxy,
+    database: Database,
+) -> str:
+    """A no-op version of SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR"""
+    return sql
+
+
 config = app.config
 stats_logger = config["STATS_LOGGER"]
 SQLLAB_TIMEOUT = config["SQLLAB_ASYNC_TIME_LIMIT_SEC"]
 SQLLAB_HARD_TIMEOUT = SQLLAB_TIMEOUT + 60
 SQL_MAX_ROW = config["SQL_MAX_ROW"]
 SQLLAB_CTAS_NO_LIMIT = config["SQLLAB_CTAS_NO_LIMIT"]
-SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR = config["SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR"]
+SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR = config.get("SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR") or dummy_sql_query_mutator
 log_query = config["QUERY_LOGGER"]
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -195,8 +209,7 @@ def execute_sql_statement(
             sql = database.apply_limit_to_sql(sql, query.limit)
 
     # Hook to allow environment-specific mutation (usually comments) to the SQL
-    if SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR:
-        sql = SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR(sql, user_name, security_manager, database)
+    sql = SQL_QUERY_MUTATOR(sql, user_name, security_manager, database)
 
     try:
         if log_query:
diff --git a/superset/utils/public_interfaces.py b/superset/utils/public_interfaces.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..95a375ee734b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/superset/utils/public_interfaces.py
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+from base64 import b85encode
+from hashlib import md5
+from inspect import (
+    getmembers,
+    getsourcefile,
+    getsourcelines,
+    isclass,
+    isfunction,
+    isroutine,
+    signature,
+)
+from textwrap import indent
+from typing import Any, Callable
+
+
+def compute_hash(obj: Callable[..., Any]) -> str:
+    if isfunction(obj):
+        return compute_func_hash(obj)
+
+    if isclass(obj):
+        return compute_class_hash(obj)
+
+    raise Exception(f"Invalid object: {obj}")
+
+
+def compute_func_hash(function: Callable[..., Any]) -> str:
+    hashed = md5()
+    hashed.update(str(signature(function)).encode())
+    return b85encode(hashed.digest()).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def compute_class_hash(class_: Callable[..., Any]) -> str:
+    hashed = md5()
+    public_methods = sorted(
+        [
+            (name, method)
+            for name, method in getmembers(class_, predicate=isroutine)
+            if not name.startswith("_") or name == "__init__"
+        ]
+    )
+    for name, method in public_methods:
+        hashed.update(name.encode())
+        hashed.update(str(signature(method)).encode())
+    return b85encode(hashed.digest()).decode("utf-8")
+
+
+def get_warning_message(obj: Callable[..., Any], expected_hash: str) -> str:
+    sourcefile = getsourcefile(obj)
+    sourcelines = getsourcelines(obj)
+    code = indent("".join(sourcelines[0]), "    ")
+    lineno = sourcelines[1]
+    return (
+        f"The object `{obj.__name__}` (in {sourcefile} "
+        f"line {lineno}) has a public interface which has currently been "
+        "modified. This MUST only be released in a new major version of "
+        "Superset according to SIP-57. To remove this warning message "
+        f"update the associated hash to '{expected_hash}'.\n\n{code}"
+    )
diff --git a/tests/utils/public_interfaces_test.py b/tests/utils/public_interfaces_test.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..65612c36b35c6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/utils/public_interfaces_test.py
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+# distributed with this work for additional information
+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+# to you 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.
+# pylint: disable=no-self-use
+import pytest
+
+from superset.sql_lab import dummy_sql_query_mutator
+from superset.utils.public_interfaces import compute_hash, get_warning_message
+from tests.base_tests import SupersetTestCase
+
+# These are public interfaces exposed by Superset. Make sure
+# to only change the interfaces and update the hashes in new
+# major versions of Superset.
+hashes = {
+    dummy_sql_query_mutator: "Kv%NM3b;7BcpoD2wbPkW",
+}
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("interface,expected_hash", list(hashes.items()))
+def test_public_interfaces(interface, expected_hash):
+    """Test that public interfaces have not been accidentally changed."""
+    current_hash = compute_hash(interface)
+    assert current_hash == expected_hash, get_warning_message(interface, current_hash)
+
+
+def test_func_hash():
+    """Test that changing a function signature changes its hash."""
+
+    def some_function(a, b):
+        return a + b
+
+    original_hash = compute_hash(some_function)
+
+    # pylint: disable=function-redefined
+    def some_function(a, b, c):
+        return a + b + c
+
+    assert original_hash != compute_hash(some_function)
+
+
+def test_class_hash():
+    """Test that changing a class changes its hash."""
+
+    # pylint: disable=too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
+    class SomeClass:
+        def __init__(self, a, b):
+            self.a = a
+            self.b = b
+
+        def add(self):
+            return self.a + self.b
+
+    original_hash = compute_hash(SomeClass)
+
+    # changing the __init__ should change the hash
+    # pylint: disable=function-redefined, too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
+    class SomeClass:
+        def __init__(self, a, b, c):
+            self.a = a
+            self.b = b
+            self.c = c
+
+        def add(self):
+            return self.a + self.b
+
+    assert original_hash != compute_hash(SomeClass)
+
+    # renaming a public method should change the hash
+    # pylint: disable=function-redefined, too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
+    class SomeClass:
+        def __init__(self, a, b):
+            self.a = a
+            self.b = b
+
+        def sum(self):
+            return self.a + self.b
+
+    assert original_hash != compute_hash(SomeClass)
+
+    # adding a private method should not change the hash
+    # pylint: disable=function-redefined, too-few-public-methods, invalid-name
+    class SomeClass:
+        def __init__(self, a, b):
+            self.a = a
+            self.b = b
+
+        def add(self):
+            return self._sum()
+
+        def _sum(self):
+            return self.a + self.b
+
+    assert original_hash == compute_hash(SomeClass)