diff --git a/src/Console/Command/DumpCommand.php b/src/Console/Command/DumpCommand.php
index 89d46c3f..c6b1f344 100644
--- a/src/Console/Command/DumpCommand.php
+++ b/src/Console/Command/DumpCommand.php
@@ -57,7 +57,8 @@ public function configure(): void
             ->addOption('port', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Database port' . $configHint)
             ->addOption('user', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Database user' . $configHint)
             ->addOption('password', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Database password' . $configHint)
-            ->addOption('database', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Database name' . $configHint);
+            ->addOption('database', null, InputOption::VALUE_REQUIRED, 'Database name' . $configHint)
+            ->addOption('dry-run', null, InputOption::VALUE_NONE, 'The command will validate the configuration file, but won\'t actually perform the dump');
         // phpcs:enable Generic.Files.LineLength.TooLong
     }
 
@@ -94,7 +95,7 @@ public function execute(InputInterface $input, OutputInterface $output): int
                 $this->dumpInfo->setOutput($output);
             }
 
-            $this->dumper->dump($config);
+            $this->dumper->dump($config, $input->getOption('dry-run'));
         } catch (Exception $e) {
             if ($output->isVerbose()) {
                 throw $e;
diff --git a/src/Dumper/DumperInterface.php b/src/Dumper/DumperInterface.php
index b07f0bbe..ec162025 100644
--- a/src/Dumper/DumperInterface.php
+++ b/src/Dumper/DumperInterface.php
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ interface DumperInterface
     /**
      * Create a dump according to the configuration.
      */
-    public function dump(ConfigInterface $config): void;
+    public function dump(ConfigInterface $config, bool $dryRun = false): void;
 }
diff --git a/src/Dumper/MysqlDumper.php b/src/Dumper/MysqlDumper.php
index 3c216ede..0f92b47c 100644
--- a/src/Dumper/MysqlDumper.php
+++ b/src/Dumper/MysqlDumper.php
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ public function __construct(
     /**
      * @inheritdoc
      */
-    public function dump(ConfigInterface $config): void
+    public function dump(ConfigInterface $config, bool $dryRun = false): void
     {
         $database = $this->databaseFactory->create($config);
 
@@ -57,9 +57,11 @@ public function dump(ConfigInterface $config): void
         // Close the Doctrine connection before proceeding to the dump creation (MySQLDump-PHP uses its own connection)
         $database->getConnection()->close();
 
-        // Create the dump
-        $output = $config->getDumpOutput();
-        $dumper->start($output);
+        if (!$dryRun) {
+            // Create the dump
+            $dumper->start($config->getDumpOutput());
+        }
+
         $this->eventDispatcher->dispatch(new DumpFinishedEvent($config));
     }