diff --git a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperation.java b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperation.java
index eb6c5c7..f619c38 100644
--- a/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperation.java
@@ -283,6 +283,23 @@ public class PitestOperation extends AbstractProcessOperation<PitestOperation> {
         return this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to run in dry run mode.
+     * <p>
+     * Defaults to {@code false}
+     *
+     * @param isDryRun {@code true} or {@code false}
+     * @return this operation instance
+     */
+    public PitestOperation dryRun(boolean isDryRun) {
+        if (isDryRun) {
+            options_.put("--dryRun", TRUE);
+        } else {
+            options_.put("--dryRun", FALSE);
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
     /**
      * List of globs to match against class names. Matching classes will be excluded from mutation.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationTest.java b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationTest.java
index d301eb0..5bb4ea2 100644
--- a/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/rife/bld/extension/PitestOperationTest.java
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ class PitestOperationTest {
                 .classPathFile(FOO)
                 .coverageThreshold(0)
                 .detectInlinedCode(false)
+                .dryRun(false)
                 .excludedClasses("class")
                 .excludedClasses(List.of(FOO, BAR))
                 .excludedGroups("group")
diff --git a/src/test/resources/pitest-args.txt b/src/test/resources/pitest-args.txt
index 348f16e..df24bfb 100644
--- a/src/test/resources/pitest-args.txt
+++ b/src/test/resources/pitest-args.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 --classPathFile
 --coverageThreshold
 --detectInlinedCode
+--dryRun
 --excludedClasses
 --excludedGroups
 --excludedMethods