diff --git a/.chloggen/purefa-receiver-missing-config-code.yaml b/.chloggen/purefa-receiver-missing-config-code.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cba229b8e951
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.chloggen/purefa-receiver-missing-config-code.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: receiver/purefareceiver
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add missing code snippet that validate the config file
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [14886]
+
+# (Optional) One or more lines of additional information to render under the primary note.
+# These lines will be padded with 2 spaces and then inserted directly into the document.
+# Use pipe (|) for multiline entries.
+subtext:
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/receiver/purefareceiver/config.go b/receiver/purefareceiver/config.go
index 72578a974fbe..d57c03c4e151 100644
--- a/receiver/purefareceiver/config.go
+++ b/receiver/purefareceiver/config.go
@@ -15,10 +15,12 @@
 package purefareceiver // import "github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/purefareceiver"
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"time"
 
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/component"
 	"go.opentelemetry.io/collector/config/confighttp"
+	"go.uber.org/multierr"
 
 	"github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-collector-contrib/receiver/purefareceiver/internal"
 )
@@ -64,6 +66,23 @@ type ReloadIntervals struct {
 }
 
 func (c *Config) Validate() error {
-	// TODO(dgoscn): perform config validation
-	return nil
+	var errs error
+
+	if c.Settings.ReloadIntervals.Array == 0 {
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("reload interval for 'array' must be provided"))
+	}
+	if c.Settings.ReloadIntervals.Hosts == 0 {
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("reload interval for 'hosts' must be provided"))
+	}
+	if c.Settings.ReloadIntervals.Directories == 0 {
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("reload interval for 'directories' must be provided"))
+	}
+	if c.Settings.ReloadIntervals.Pods == 0 {
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("reload interval for 'pods' must be provided"))
+	}
+	if c.Settings.ReloadIntervals.Volumes == 0 {
+		errs = multierr.Append(errs, errors.New("reload interval for 'volumes' must be provided"))
+	}
+
+	return errs
 }
diff --git a/receiver/purefareceiver/config_test.go b/receiver/purefareceiver/config_test.go
index d22f08576ef9..3cdb05baaa67 100644
--- a/receiver/purefareceiver/config_test.go
+++ b/receiver/purefareceiver/config_test.go
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@ func TestLoadConfig(t *testing.T) {
 
 			assert.NoError(t, component.ValidateConfig(cfg))
 			assert.Equal(t, tt.expected, cfg)
+
+			expected := factory.CreateDefaultConfig().(*Config)
+
+			require.Equal(t, expected, cfg)
 		})
 	}
 }
diff --git a/receiver/purefareceiver/go.mod b/receiver/purefareceiver/go.mod
index 91c1858112fa..88907c2fe9bf 100644
--- a/receiver/purefareceiver/go.mod
+++ b/receiver/purefareceiver/go.mod
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/confmap v0.74.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/consumer v0.74.0
 	go.opentelemetry.io/collector/receiver v0.74.0
+	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0
 )
 
 require (
@@ -134,7 +135,6 @@ require (
 	go.opentelemetry.io/otel/trace v1.14.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/atomic v1.10.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/goleak v1.2.1 // indirect
-	go.uber.org/multierr v1.10.0 // indirect
 	go.uber.org/zap v1.24.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.7.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20230307190834-24139beb5833 // indirect