diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 2ed9024eb..d3e286051 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -216,6 +216,13 @@ Ensure there's a newline at the end of the fragments.
 - ensure_newline => true
 - ensure_newline => false
 
+#####`validate_cmd`
+Ensure the destination file passes the following validation command.
+
+######Example
+- validate_cmd => '/usr/sbin/apache2 -t -f %'
+- validate_cmd => '/usr/sbin/visudo -c -f %'
+
 ####concat::fragment
 
 #####`target`
diff --git a/manifests/init.pp b/manifests/init.pp
index b021e14a4..d0caf2527 100644
--- a/manifests/init.pp
+++ b/manifests/init.pp
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
   $replace        = true,
   $order          = 'alpha',
   $ensure_newline = false,
+  $validate_cmd   = undef,
   $gnu            = undef
 ) {
   validate_re($ensure, '^present$|^absent$')
@@ -173,15 +174,16 @@
     }
 
     file { $name:
-      ensure  => present,
-      owner   => $owner,
-      group   => $group,
-      mode    => $mode,
-      replace => $replace,
-      path    => $path,
-      alias   => "concat_${name}",
-      source  => "${fragdir}/${concat_name}",
-      backup  => $backup,
+      ensure       => present,
+      owner        => $owner,
+      group        => $group,
+      mode         => $mode,
+      replace      => $replace,
+      path         => $path,
+      alias        => "concat_${name}",
+      source       => "${fragdir}/${concat_name}",
+      validate_cmd => $validate_cmd,
+      backup       => $backup,
     }
 
     # remove extra whitespace from string interpolation to make testing easier