diff --git a/tooling/maven/camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/generator/openapi/GenerateMojo.java b/tooling/maven/camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/generator/openapi/GenerateMojo.java
index 3e2f40e43e21c..608c98f3afed7 100644
--- a/tooling/maven/camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/generator/openapi/GenerateMojo.java
+++ b/tooling/maven/camel-restdsl-openapi-plugin/src/main/java/org/apache/camel/maven/generator/openapi/GenerateMojo.java
@@ -102,6 +102,9 @@ public void execute() throws MojoExecutionException {
             String comp = findAppropriateComponent();
             generator.withRestComponent(comp);
 
+            if (clientRequestValidation) {
+                generator.withClientRequestValidation();
+            }
             if (ObjectHelper.isNotEmpty(apiContextPath)) {
                 generator.withApiContextPath(apiContextPath);
             }