diff --git a/doc/management.txt b/doc/management.txt
index b5e041a0b..751621c03 100644
--- a/doc/management.txt
+++ b/doc/management.txt
@@ -228,6 +228,14 @@ list of options is :
     generally be the "select" poller, which cannot be disabled and is limited
     to 1024 file descriptors.
 
+  -dr : ignore server address resolution failures. It is very common when
+    validating a configuration out of production not to have access to the same
+    resolvers and to fail on server address resolution, making it difficult to
+    test a configuration. This option simply appends the "none" method to the
+    list of address resolution methods for all servers, ensuring that even if
+    the libc fails to resolve an address, the startup sequence is not
+    interrupted.
+
   -m <limit> : limit the total allocatable memory to <limit> megabytes across
     all processes. This may cause some connection refusals or some slowdowns
     depending on the amount of memory needed for normal operations. This is
diff --git a/include/types/global.h b/include/types/global.h
index 9f069ad25..a790e7439 100644
--- a/include/types/global.h
+++ b/include/types/global.h
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
 #define GTUNE_USE_SPLICE         (1<<4)
 #define GTUNE_USE_GAI            (1<<5)
 #define GTUNE_USE_REUSEPORT      (1<<6)
+#define GTUNE_RESOLVE_DONTFAIL   (1<<7)
 
 /* Access level for a stats socket */
 #define ACCESS_LVL_NONE     0
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 4806c564d..b899c76e4 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ void usage(char *name)
 #if defined(SO_REUSEPORT)
 		"        -dR disables SO_REUSEPORT usage\n"
 #endif
+		"        -dr ignores server address resolution failures\n"
 		"        -dV disables SSL verify on servers side\n"
 		"        -sf/-st [pid ]* finishes/terminates old pids.\n"
 		"\n",
@@ -807,6 +808,8 @@ void init(int argc, char **argv)
 				arg_mode |= MODE_FOREGROUND;
 			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'M')
 				mem_poison_byte = flag[2] ? strtol(flag + 2, NULL, 0) : 'P';
+			else if (*flag == 'd' && flag[1] == 'r')
+				global.tune.options |= GTUNE_RESOLVE_DONTFAIL;
 			else if (*flag == 'd')
 				arg_mode |= MODE_DEBUG;
 			else if (*flag == 'c')
diff --git a/src/server.c b/src/server.c
index c351707bb..a1deae8e7 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -3249,6 +3249,13 @@ static int srv_iterate_initaddr(struct server *srv)
 		srv_append_initaddr(&methods, SRV_IADDR_LIBC);
 	}
 
+	/* "-dr" : always append "none" so that server addresses resolution
+	 * failures are silently ignored, this is convenient to validate some
+	 * configs out of their environment.
+	 */
+	if (global.tune.options & GTUNE_RESOLVE_DONTFAIL)
+		srv_append_initaddr(&methods, SRV_IADDR_NONE);
+
 	while (methods) {
 		err_code = 0;
 		switch (srv_get_next_initaddr(&methods)) {