diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 4806c56..b899c76 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@
 #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 @@
 				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 c351707..a1deae8 100644
--- a/src/server.c
+++ b/src/server.c
@@ -3249,6 +3249,13 @@
 		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)) {