diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77c8f39ce..6b2f3fb13 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1405,6 +1405,7 @@ if(WITH_TESTS)
         db/compaction/compaction_service_test.cc
         db/compaction/tiered_compaction_test.cc
         db/comparator_db_test.cc
+        db/configuration_validation_test.cc
         db/corruption_test.cc
         db/cuckoo_table_db_test.cc
         db/db_readonly_with_timestamp_test.cc
diff --git a/db/configuration_validation_test.cc b/db/configuration_validation_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0ac1668ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/configuration_validation_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,83 @@
+#include <set>
+
+#include "port/port.h"
+#include "rocksdb/convenience.h"
+#include "rocksdb/db.h"
+#include "rocksdb/db_crashtest_use_case.h"
+#include "rocksdb/env.h"
+#include "rocksdb/options.h"
+#include "rocksdb/status.h"
+#include "test_util/testharness.h"
+
+namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE {
+class ConfigurationValidationTest : public testing::Test {
+ public:
+  ConfigurationValidationTest() {
+    env_ = Env::Default();
+    db_name_ = test::PerThreadDBPath("configuration_validation_test");
+  }
+
+  std::string db_name_;
+  Env* env_;
+};
+
+TEST_F(ConfigurationValidationTest, DBCrashtestValidConfiguration) {
+  Options options;
+  options.create_if_missing = true;
+  // setting options according to the default_params config in db_crashtest
+  // TODO: set table options
+  options.memtable_protection_bytes_per_key = 4;
+  options.max_background_compactions = 20;
+  options.max_bytes_for_level_base = 10485760;
+  options.max_write_buffer_number = 3;
+  options.max_open_files = -1;
+  options.recycle_log_file_num = 1;
+  options.max_subcompactions = 4;
+  options.target_file_size_base = 2097152;
+  options.target_file_size_multiplier = 2;
+  options.write_buffer_size = 128 * 1024 * 1024;
+  options.periodic_compaction_seconds = 100;
+  options.stats_dump_period_sec = 600;
+  options.max_manifest_file_size = 2 * 16384;
+  options.bytes_per_sync = 0;
+  options.wal_bytes_per_sync = 0;
+  options.db_write_buffer_size = 1024 * 1024;
+  options.max_write_batch_group_size_bytes = 16 * 1024 * 1024;
+  options.level_compaction_dynamic_level_bytes = true;
+  options.max_write_buffer_size_to_maintain = 2 * 1024 * 1024;
+  options.memtable_prefix_bloom_size_ratio = 0.5;
+  options.wal_compression = CompressionType::kZSTD;
+  options.verify_sst_unique_id_in_manifest = true;
+  options.allow_data_in_errors = true;
+  options.min_write_buffer_number_to_merge = 2;
+  options.preserve_internal_time_seconds = 3600;
+  DBOptions db_options(options);
+  ConfigOptions cfg_opts(db_options);
+  std::set<std::string> valid_opts;
+  std::set<std::string> invalid_opts;
+  DBCrashtestUseCase db_crashtest_use_case;
+  bool valid = db_crashtest_use_case.Validate(cfg_opts, options, valid_opts, invalid_opts);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(valid);
+  ASSERT_TRUE(invalid_opts.empty());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ConfigurationValidationTest, DBCrashtestInvalidConfiguration) {
+  Options options;
+  options.create_if_missing = true;
+  // using default rocksdb options (unless changed) should be invalid
+  DBOptions db_options(options);
+  ConfigOptions cfg_opts(db_options);
+  std::set<std::string> valid_opts;
+  std::set<std::string> invalid_opts;
+  DBCrashtestUseCase db_crashtest_use_case;
+  bool valid = db_crashtest_use_case.Validate(cfg_opts, options, valid_opts, invalid_opts);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(valid);
+  ASSERT_FALSE(invalid_opts.empty());
+}
+}  // namespace ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE
+
+int main(int argc, char** argv) {
+  ROCKSDB_NAMESPACE::port::InstallStackTraceHandler();
+  ::testing::InitGoogleTest(&argc, argv);
+  return RUN_ALL_TESTS();
+}