diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 0c4ab80cff..8bb5208532 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ jobs:
         script:
           - "vendor/bin/phing phpstan"
           - "vendor/bin/phing phpstan-static-reflection"
+          - "vendor/bin/phing phpstan-validate-stub-files"
         exclude:
           - operating-system: windows-latest
             script: "vendor/bin/phing phpstan-static-reflection"
diff --git a/build.xml b/build.xml
index a0007c1918..4e6086ede4 100644
--- a/build.xml
+++ b/build.xml
@@ -437,6 +437,27 @@
 		</exec>
 	</target>
 
+	<target name="phpstan-validate-stub-files">
+		<touch file="empty.php"/>
+		<exec
+			executable="php"
+			logoutput="true"
+			passthru="true"
+			checkreturn="true"
+		>
+			<arg value="-d"/>
+			<arg value="memory_limit=768M"/>
+			<arg path="bin/phpstan"/>
+			<arg value="analyse"/>
+			<arg value="-c"/>
+			<arg path="conf/config.stubFiles.neon"/>
+			<arg value="-l"/>
+			<arg value="8"/>
+			<arg path="empty.php"/>
+		</exec>
+		<delete file="empty.php"/>
+	</target>
+
 	<target name="phpstan-pro">
 		<property name="phpstan.config" value="build/phpstan-generated.neon"/>
 		<touch file="${phpstan.config}"/>
diff --git a/conf/config.neon b/conf/config.neon
index bd425941a9..356b14f7bf 100644
--- a/conf/config.neon
+++ b/conf/config.neon
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+includes:
+	- config.stubFiles.neon
 parameters:
 	bootstrap: null
 	bootstrapFiles:
@@ -77,18 +79,6 @@ parameters:
 	typeAliases: []
 	universalObjectCratesClasses:
 		- stdClass
-	stubFiles:
-		- ../stubs/ReflectionClass.stub
-		- ../stubs/iterable.stub
-		- ../stubs/ArrayObject.stub
-		- ../stubs/WeakReference.stub
-		- ../stubs/ext-ds.stub
-		- ../stubs/PDOStatement.stub
-		- ../stubs/ReflectionFunctionAbstract.stub
-		- ../stubs/date.stub
-		- ../stubs/zip.stub
-		- ../stubs/dom.stub
-		- ../stubs/spl.stub
 	earlyTerminatingMethodCalls: []
 	earlyTerminatingFunctionCalls: []
 	memoryLimitFile: %tmpDir%/.memory_limit
@@ -353,8 +343,6 @@ services:
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\PhpDoc\StubValidator
-		arguments:
-			stubFiles: %stubFiles%
 
 	-
 		class: PHPStan\Analyser\Analyser
diff --git a/conf/config.stubFiles.neon b/conf/config.stubFiles.neon
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4485fb6699
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/config.stubFiles.neon
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+parameters:
+	stubFiles:
+		- ../stubs/ReflectionClass.stub
+		- ../stubs/iterable.stub
+		- ../stubs/ArrayObject.stub
+		- ../stubs/WeakReference.stub
+		- ../stubs/ext-ds.stub
+		- ../stubs/PDOStatement.stub
+		- ../stubs/ReflectionFunctionAbstract.stub
+		- ../stubs/date.stub
+		- ../stubs/zip.stub
+		- ../stubs/dom.stub
+		- ../stubs/spl.stub
diff --git a/src/Command/AnalyseApplication.php b/src/Command/AnalyseApplication.php
index a28ef0cf4e..4a8eeb4e7a 100644
--- a/src/Command/AnalyseApplication.php
+++ b/src/Command/AnalyseApplication.php
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ public function analyse(
 	): AnalysisResult
 	{
 		$this->updateMemoryLimitFile();
-		$stubErrors = $this->stubValidator->validate();
+		$projectStubFiles = [];
+		if ($projectConfigArray !== null) {
+			$projectStubFiles = $projectConfigArray['parameters']['stubFiles'] ?? [];
+		}
+		$stubErrors = $this->stubValidator->validate($projectStubFiles);
 
 		register_shutdown_function(function (): void {
 			$error = error_get_last();
diff --git a/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php b/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
index db39713d4d..588d0501ca 100644
--- a/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
+++ b/src/PhpDoc/StubValidator.php
@@ -47,28 +47,25 @@
 class StubValidator
 {
 
-	/** @var string[] */
-	private array $stubFiles;
-
 	private \PHPStan\DependencyInjection\DerivativeContainerFactory $derivativeContainerFactory;
 
-	/**
-	 * @param string[] $stubFiles
-	 */
 	public function __construct(
-		array $stubFiles,
 		DerivativeContainerFactory $derivativeContainerFactory
 	)
 	{
-		$this->stubFiles = $stubFiles;
 		$this->derivativeContainerFactory = $derivativeContainerFactory;
 	}
 
 	/**
+	 * @param string[] $stubFiles
 	 * @return \PHPStan\Analyser\Error[]
 	 */
-	public function validate(): array
+	public function validate(array $stubFiles): array
 	{
+		if (count($stubFiles) === 0) {
+			return [];
+		}
+
 		$originalBroker = Broker::getInstance();
 		$container = $this->derivativeContainerFactory->create([
 			__DIR__ . '/../../conf/config.stubValidator.neon',
@@ -81,12 +78,12 @@ public function validate(): array
 
 		/** @var NodeScopeResolver $nodeScopeResolver */
 		$nodeScopeResolver = $container->getByType(NodeScopeResolver::class);
-		$nodeScopeResolver->setAnalysedFiles($this->stubFiles);
+		$nodeScopeResolver->setAnalysedFiles($stubFiles);
 
-		$analysedFiles = array_fill_keys($this->stubFiles, true);
+		$analysedFiles = array_fill_keys($stubFiles, true);
 
 		$errors = [];
-		foreach ($this->stubFiles as $stubFile) {
+		foreach ($stubFiles as $stubFile) {
 			$tmpErrors = $fileAnalyser->analyseFile(
 				$stubFile,
 				$analysedFiles,