diff --git a/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml b/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
index de9a857..b2938dd 100644
--- a/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
+++ b/roles/service/meta/argument_specs.yaml
@@ -215,6 +215,14 @@ argument_specs:
             elements: str
             required: false
             default: []
+          template_validate_command:
+            description: >-
+              Command used to verify templated file validity.
+              Will be run in a temporary container using the same container image as the main service.
+              File will be available in the same place as in the service container (destination).
+              Only applicable if mount type is template
+            type: str
+            required: false
       service_container_devices:
         description: List of devices to be added inside the service main container.
         type: list
diff --git a/roles/service/tasks/host_mounts.yaml b/roles/service/tasks/host_mounts.yaml
index 28d9bf8..653c7e9 100644
--- a/roles/service/tasks/host_mounts.yaml
+++ b/roles/service/tasks/host_mounts.yaml
@@ -23,8 +23,16 @@
     src: "{{ item[0].source }}"
     dest: "{{ item[1] }}"
     mode: "{{ item[0].mode | default('0644') }}"
+    validate: "{{ validate if item[0].template_validate_command is defined else omit }}"
   notify: Restart container service {{ service_name }}
   loop: "{{ _service_all_template_mounts | zip(_service_all_template_mount_host_files) }}"
+  vars:
+    validate: >-
+      podman run --rm
+      -v %s:{{ item[0].destination }}:ro
+      --entrypoint {{ item[0].template_validate_command.split(' ', 1)[0] }}
+      {{ service_container_image }}
+      {{ item[0].template_validate_command.split(' ', 1)[1] }}
 
 - name: Copy files for copy mounts
   ansible.builtin.copy:
diff --git a/roles/service/vars/main/additional.yaml b/roles/service/vars/main/additional.yaml
index 4c1dd68..7db610f 100644
--- a/roles/service/vars/main/additional.yaml
+++ b/roles/service/vars/main/additional.yaml
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ _service_additional_container_template_mounts: >-
     ([{'readonly': true}] * _service_additional_template_mounts | length) |
     zip(
       _service_additional_template_mounts |
-        community.general.remove_keys(['mode']),
+        community.general.remove_keys(['mode', 'template_validate_command']),
       _service_additional_template_mounts |
         map(attribute='source') |
         map('regex_replace', '\.j2$', '') |
diff --git a/roles/service/vars/main/mounts.yaml b/roles/service/vars/main/mounts.yaml
index 71ff791..c87398b 100644
--- a/roles/service/vars/main/mounts.yaml
+++ b/roles/service/vars/main/mounts.yaml
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ _service_container_template_mounts: >-
     ([{'readonly': true}] * _service_template_mounts | length) |
     zip(
       _service_template_mounts |
-        community.general.remove_keys(['mode']),
+        community.general.remove_keys(['mode', 'template_validate_command']),
       _service_template_mounts |
         map(attribute='source') |
         map('regex_replace', '\.j2$', '') |