diff --git a/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/flyway/test/FlywayExtensionValidateAtStartTest.java b/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/flyway/test/FlywayExtensionValidateAtStartTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..9e685253a9bc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/java/io/quarkus/flyway/test/FlywayExtensionValidateAtStartTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package io.quarkus.flyway.test;
+
+import org.flywaydb.core.api.exception.FlywayValidateException;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.extension.RegisterExtension;
+
+import io.quarkus.test.QuarkusUnitTest;
+
+public class FlywayExtensionValidateAtStartTest {
+
+    @RegisterExtension
+    static final QuarkusUnitTest config = new QuarkusUnitTest()
+            .withApplicationRoot((jar) -> jar
+                    .addAsResource("db/migration/V1.0.0__Quarkus.sql")
+                    .addAsResource("validate-at-start-config.properties", "application.properties"))
+            .setExpectedException(FlywayValidateException.class);
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNeverBeCalled() {
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/resources/validate-at-start-config.properties b/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/resources/validate-at-start-config.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a0810ce17fb35
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/flyway/deployment/src/test/resources/validate-at-start-config.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+quarkus.datasource.db-kind=h2
+quarkus.datasource.username=sa
+quarkus.datasource.password=sa
+quarkus.datasource.jdbc.url=jdbc:h2:tcp://localhost/mem:test-quarkus-validate-at-start;DB_CLOSE_DELAY=-1
+
+# Flyway config properties
+quarkus.flyway.validate-at-start=true
diff --git a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainer.java b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainer.java
index a42d295ad4771..0a956422d1a6b 100644
--- a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainer.java
+++ b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainer.java
@@ -8,17 +8,21 @@ public class FlywayContainer {
     private final boolean cleanAtStart;
     private final boolean migrateAtStart;
     private final boolean repairAtStart;
+
+    private final boolean validateAtStart;
     private final String dataSourceName;
     private final boolean hasMigrations;
     private final boolean createPossible;
     private final String id;
 
     public FlywayContainer(Flyway flyway, boolean cleanAtStart, boolean migrateAtStart, boolean repairAtStart,
+            boolean validateAtStart,
             String dataSourceName, boolean hasMigrations, boolean createPossible) {
         this.flyway = flyway;
         this.cleanAtStart = cleanAtStart;
         this.migrateAtStart = migrateAtStart;
         this.repairAtStart = repairAtStart;
+        this.validateAtStart = validateAtStart;
         this.dataSourceName = dataSourceName;
         this.hasMigrations = hasMigrations;
         this.createPossible = createPossible;
@@ -41,6 +45,10 @@ public boolean isRepairAtStart() {
         return repairAtStart;
     }
 
+    public boolean isValidateAtStart() {
+        return validateAtStart;
+    }
+
     public String getDataSourceName() {
         return dataSourceName;
     }
diff --git a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainerProducer.java b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainerProducer.java
index d7f4c727e3a54..71e3a19cb2501 100644
--- a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainerProducer.java
+++ b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayContainerProducer.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public FlywayContainer createFlyway(DataSource dataSource, String dataSourceName
         final Flyway flyway = new FlywayCreator(matchingRuntimeConfig, matchingBuildTimeConfig).withCallbacks(callbacks)
                 .createFlyway(dataSource);
         return new FlywayContainer(flyway, matchingRuntimeConfig.cleanAtStart, matchingRuntimeConfig.migrateAtStart,
-                matchingRuntimeConfig.repairAtStart, dataSourceName, hasMigrations, createPossible);
+                matchingRuntimeConfig.repairAtStart, matchingRuntimeConfig.validateAtStart, dataSourceName, hasMigrations,
+                createPossible);
     }
 }
diff --git a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayDataSourceRuntimeConfig.java b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayDataSourceRuntimeConfig.java
index 6162ab83fc048..9f9b05c9ada41 100644
--- a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayDataSourceRuntimeConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayDataSourceRuntimeConfig.java
@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ public static FlywayDataSourceRuntimeConfig defaultConfig() {
     @ConfigItem
     public boolean repairAtStart;
 
+    /**
+     * true to execute a Flyway validate command when the application starts, false otherwise.
+     *
+     */
+    @ConfigItem
+    public boolean validateAtStart;
+
     /**
      * Enable the creation of the history table if it does not exist already.
      */
diff --git a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayRecorder.java b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayRecorder.java
index cbfa3fb789e48..2bcaf79d62f87 100644
--- a/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayRecorder.java
+++ b/extensions/flyway/runtime/src/main/java/io/quarkus/flyway/runtime/FlywayRecorder.java
@@ -72,6 +72,9 @@ public void doStartActions() {
             if (flywayContainer.isCleanAtStart()) {
                 flywayContainer.getFlyway().clean();
             }
+            if (flywayContainer.isValidateAtStart()) {
+                flywayContainer.getFlyway().validate();
+            }
             if (flywayContainer.isRepairAtStart()) {
                 flywayContainer.getFlyway().repair();
             }