diff --git a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/utils.py b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/utils.py
index ec901add5a75b..fa54b8ac59cc8 100644
--- a/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/utils.py
+++ b/python_modules/dagster/dagster/_core/utils.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 from collections import OrderedDict
 from concurrent.futures import Future, ThreadPoolExecutor
 from contextvars import copy_context
+from functools import wraps
 from typing import (
     AbstractSet,
     Any,
@@ -23,7 +24,8 @@
 from weakref import WeakSet
 
 import toposort as toposort_
-from typing_extensions import Final
+from pydantic.dataclasses import dataclass as pydantic_dataclass
+from typing_extensions import Final, dataclass_transform
 
 import dagster._check as check
 from dagster._utils import library_version_from_core_version, parse_package_version
@@ -196,3 +198,43 @@ def submit(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
 def is_valid_email(email: str) -> bool:
     regex = r"\b[A-Za-z0-9._%+-]+@[A-Za-z0-9.-]+\.[A-Z|a-z]{2,7}\b"
     return bool(re.fullmatch(regex, email))
+
+
+@dataclass_transform(frozen_default=True)
+def strict_dataclass(positional_args: Optional[AbstractSet[str]] = None):
+    """The decorated class functions exactly like a class decorated with the pydantic.dataclass
+    decorator, with two exceptions:
+    - It's frozen. I.e. mutation is not allowed.
+    - The constructor does not accept keyword arguments that aren't fields of the class.
+    - By default, the constructor does not accept positional arguments, but this can be overridden
+        with positional_args.
+    """
+
+    def decorator(cls):
+        cls = pydantic_dataclass(cls, frozen=True, config=dict(extra="forbid"))
+        original_init = cls.__init__
+
+        @wraps(original_init)
+        def new_init(self, *args, **kwargs):
+            annotation_keys_list = list(self.__pydantic_fields__.keys())
+            if len(args) > len(annotation_keys_list):
+                raise TypeError(
+                    f"{cls.__name__} constructor takes at most {len(annotation_keys_list)} positional "
+                    f"arguments, but {len(args)} were given"
+                )
+            positionally_supplied_args = {annotation_keys_list[i] for i in range(len(args))}
+            illegal_positionally_supplied_args = positionally_supplied_args - (
+                positional_args or set()
+            )
+            if illegal_positionally_supplied_args:
+                raise TypeError(
+                    "These arguments must be specified as keyword arguments, not positional "
+                    f"arguments: {illegal_positionally_supplied_args}"
+                )
+
+            original_init(self, *args, **kwargs)
+
+        cls.__init__ = new_init
+        return cls
+
+    return decorator
diff --git a/python_modules/dagster/dagster_tests/core_tests/partition_tests/test_strict_dataclass.py b/python_modules/dagster/dagster_tests/core_tests/partition_tests/test_strict_dataclass.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..43629b8eb5eb9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python_modules/dagster/dagster_tests/core_tests/partition_tests/test_strict_dataclass.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from dataclasses import FrozenInstanceError
+
+import pytest
+from dagster._core.utils import strict_dataclass
+from pydantic import ValidationError
+
+
+def test_kwargs():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    foo = MyClass(a=5, b="x")
+    assert foo.a == 5
+    assert foo.b == "x"
+
+
+def test_kwargs_extras():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        MyClass(a=5, b="x", c=5)
+
+
+def test_frozen():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    foo = MyClass(a=5, b="x")
+
+    with pytest.raises(FrozenInstanceError):
+        foo.a = 6
+
+
+def test_positional_args_default():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        MyClass(5, "x")
+
+
+def test_positional_args_override_init():
+    @strict_dataclass(positional_args={"a"})
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    foo = MyClass(5, b="x")
+    assert foo.a == 5
+    assert foo.b == "x"
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        MyClass(5, "x")
+
+
+def test_type_validation():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+        b: str
+
+    with pytest.raises(ValidationError):
+        MyClass(a=5, b=6)
+
+
+def test_too_many_positional_arguments():
+    @strict_dataclass(positional_args={"a"})
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+
+    with pytest.raises(TypeError):
+        MyClass(5, 6)
+
+
+def test_inheritance():
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MyClass:
+        a: int
+
+    @strict_dataclass()
+    class MySubClass(MyClass):
+        b: str
+
+    foo = MySubClass(a=5, b="x")
+    assert foo.a == 5
+    assert foo.b == "x"