diff --git a/src/js/client.js b/src/js/client.js
index ec0035d5e..c4187cad0 100644
--- a/src/js/client.js
+++ b/src/js/client.js
@@ -1114,12 +1114,13 @@ angular.module('Application').service('Client', ['$http', '$interval', '$timeout
         });
     };
 
-    Client.prototype.restore = function (backupConfig, backupId, version, sysinfoConfig, callback) {
+    Client.prototype.restore = function (backupConfig, backupId, version, sysinfoConfig, skipDnsSetup, callback) {
         var data = {
             backupConfig: backupConfig,
             backupId: backupId,
             version: version,
-            sysinfoConfig: sysinfoConfig
+            sysinfoConfig: sysinfoConfig,
+            skipDnsSetup: skipDnsSetup
         };
 
         post('/api/v1/cloudron/restore', data, null, function (error, data, status) {
diff --git a/src/js/restore.js b/src/js/restore.js
index 93e17d4ee..d322accff 100644
--- a/src/js/restore.js
+++ b/src/js/restore.js
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ app.controller('RestoreController', ['$scope', 'Client', function ($scope, Clien
     $scope.password = '';
     $scope.encrypted = false; // only used if a backup config contains that flag
     $scope.setupToken = '';
+    $scope.skipDnsSetup = false;
 
     $scope.sysinfo = {
         provider: 'generic',
@@ -274,7 +275,7 @@ app.controller('RestoreController', ['$scope', 'Client', function ($scope, Clien
             sysinfoConfig.ifname = $scope.sysinfo.ifname;
         }
 
-        Client.restore(backupConfig, $scope.backupId.replace(/\.tar\.gz(\.enc)?$/, ''), version ? version[1] : '', sysinfoConfig, function (error) {
+        Client.restore(backupConfig, $scope.backupId.replace(/\.tar\.gz(\.enc)?$/, ''), version ? version[1] : '', sysinfoConfig, $scope.skipDnsSetup, function (error) {
             $scope.busy = false;
 
             if (error) {
diff --git a/src/restore.html b/src/restore.html
index 6057df1d6..d48b86278 100644
--- a/src/restore.html
+++ b/src/restore.html
@@ -212,9 +212,18 @@
                                     <input type="text" class="form-control" ng-model="password" id="inputConfigureBackupPassword" name="prefix" ng-disabled="busy" placeholder="Passphrase used to encrypt the backups" ng-required="encrypted">
                                 </div>
 
+                                <div class="checkbox">
+                                    <label>
+                                        <input type="checkbox" ng-model="skipDnsSetup"><b>Dry run</b> <sup><a ng-href="https://docs.cloudron.io/backups/#restore-cloudron-dry-run" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup>
+                                    </label>
+                                    <br/>
+                                    <small>Use this option for testing your backups before migration. The DNS records are not updated and this browser's host must have an entry in <code>/etc/hosts</code> for the dashboard domain to this server's IP.</small>
+                                </div>
+
                                 <input class="ng-hide" type="submit" ng-disabled="configureBackupForm.$invalid"/>
 
                                 <div uib-collapse="!advancedVisible">
+
                                     <div class="form-group">
                                         <label class="control-label">IP Configuration  <sup><a ng-href="https://docs.cloudron.io/networking/#ip-configuration" class="help" target="_blank"><i class="fa fa-question-circle"></i></a></sup></label>
                                         <select class="form-control" ng-model="sysinfo.provider" ng-options="a.value as a.name for a in sysinfoProvider"></select>