diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 338bc9aa0cf..6f58553879b 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -2426,6 +2426,7 @@ project(':tools') {
     implementation libs.slf4jApi
     implementation libs.slf4jReload4j
     implementation libs.joptSimple
+    implementation libs.re2j
 
     implementation libs.jose4j                    // for SASL/OAUTHBEARER JWT validation
     implementation libs.jacksonJaxrsJsonProvider
diff --git a/checkstyle/import-control.xml b/checkstyle/import-control.xml
index c71ffa4accc..c6ec12994fd 100644
--- a/checkstyle/import-control.xml
+++ b/checkstyle/import-control.xml
@@ -331,6 +331,7 @@
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.tools"/>
         <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.server.config" />
         <allow pkg="scala"/>
+        <allow pkg="com.google.re2j"/>
         <subpackage name="share">
           <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.server.share" />
           <allow pkg="org.apache.kafka.coordinator.share" />
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommand.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommand.java
index 71af2a05ff5..33e483cbb94 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommand.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommand.java
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import org.apache.kafka.server.util.CommandLineUtils;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectReader;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
+import com.google.re2j.Pattern;
+import com.google.re2j.PatternSyntaxException;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -85,6 +87,7 @@ import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 import joptsimple.OptionException;
+import joptsimple.OptionSpec;
 
 public class ConsumerGroupCommand {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConsumerGroupCommand.class);
@@ -94,10 +97,27 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommand {
     public static void main(String[] args) {
         ConsumerGroupCommandOptions opts = ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.fromArgs(args);
         try {
-            // should have exactly one action
-            long actions = Stream.of(opts.listOpt, opts.describeOpt, opts.deleteOpt, opts.resetOffsetsOpt, opts.deleteOffsetsOpt).filter(opts.options::has).count();
-            if (actions != 1)
-                CommandLineUtils.printUsageAndExit(opts.parser, "Command must include exactly one action: --list, --describe, --delete, --reset-offsets, --delete-offsets");
+            List<OptionSpec<?>> actions = List.of(
+                opts.listOpt,
+                opts.describeOpt,
+                opts.deleteOpt,
+                opts.resetOffsetsOpt,
+                opts.deleteOffsetsOpt,
+                opts.validateRegexOpt
+            );
+
+            // Should have exactly one action.
+            if (actions.stream().filter(opts.options::has).count() != 1) {
+                CommandLineUtils.printUsageAndExit(
+                    opts.parser,
+                    String.format(
+                        "Command must include exactly one action: %s",
+                        actions.stream().map(opt ->
+                            "--" + opt.options().get(0)
+                        ).collect(Collectors.joining(", "))
+                    )
+                );
+            }
 
             run(opts);
         } catch (OptionException e) {
@@ -106,6 +126,11 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommand {
     }
 
     static void run(ConsumerGroupCommandOptions opts) {
+        if (opts.options.has(opts.validateRegexOpt)) {
+            validateRegex(opts.options.valueOf(opts.validateRegexOpt));
+            return;
+        }
+
         try (ConsumerGroupService consumerGroupService = new ConsumerGroupService(opts, Collections.emptyMap())) {
             if (opts.options.has(opts.listOpt))
                 consumerGroupService.listGroups();
@@ -130,6 +155,15 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommand {
         }
     }
 
+    static void validateRegex(String regex) {
+        try {
+            Pattern.compile(regex);
+            System.out.printf("The regular expression `%s` is valid.%n", regex);
+        } catch (PatternSyntaxException ex) {
+            System.out.printf("The regular expression `%s` is invalid: %s.%n", regex, ex.getDescription());
+        }
+    }
+
     static Set<GroupState> groupStatesFromString(String input) {
         Set<GroupState> parsedStates = Arrays.stream(input.split(",")).map(s -> GroupState.parse(s.trim())).collect(Collectors.toSet());
         Set<GroupState> validStates = GroupState.groupStatesForType(GroupType.CONSUMER);
diff --git a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.java b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.java
index ec4914fa556..6289b3a3099 100644
--- a/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.java
+++ b/tools/src/main/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.java
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import static org.apache.kafka.tools.ToolsUtils.minus;
 public class ConsumerGroupCommandOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
     private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ConsumerGroupCommandOptions.class);
 
-    private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_DOC = "REQUIRED: The server(s) to connect to.";
+    private static final String BOOTSTRAP_SERVER_DOC = "The server(s) to connect to. REQUIRED for all options except for --validate-regex.";
     private static final String GROUP_DOC = "The consumer group we wish to act on.";
     private static final String TOPIC_DOC = "The topic whose consumer group information should be deleted or topic whose should be included in the reset offset process. " +
         "In `reset-offsets` case, partitions can be specified using this format: `topic1:0,1,2`, where 0,1,2 are the partition to be included in the process. " +
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommandOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
         "Example: --bootstrap-server localhost:9092 --list --type classic,consumer" + NL +
         "This option may be used with the '--list' option only.";
     private static final String DELETE_OFFSETS_DOC = "Delete offsets of consumer group. Supports one consumer group at the time, and multiple topics.";
+    private static final String VALIDATE_REGEX_DOC = "Validate that the syntax of the provided regular expression is valid according to the RE2 format.";
 
     final OptionSpec<String> bootstrapServerOpt;
     final OptionSpec<String> groupOpt;
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommandOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
     final OptionSpec<Void> offsetsOpt;
     final OptionSpec<String> stateOpt;
     final OptionSpec<String> typeOpt;
+    final OptionSpec<String> validateRegexOpt;
 
     final Set<OptionSpec<?>> allGroupSelectionScopeOpts;
     final Set<OptionSpec<?>> allConsumerGroupLevelOpts;
@@ -196,6 +198,10 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommandOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
             .availableIf(listOpt)
             .withOptionalArg()
             .ofType(String.class);
+        validateRegexOpt = parser.accepts("validate-regex", VALIDATE_REGEX_DOC)
+            .withRequiredArg()
+            .describedAs("regex")
+            .ofType(String.class);
 
         allGroupSelectionScopeOpts = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(groupOpt, allGroupsOpt));
         allConsumerGroupLevelOpts = new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList(listOpt, describeOpt, deleteOpt, resetOffsetsOpt));
@@ -210,7 +216,9 @@ public class ConsumerGroupCommandOptions extends CommandDefaultOptions {
     void checkArgs() {
         CommandLineUtils.maybePrintHelpOrVersion(this, "This tool helps to list all consumer groups, describe a consumer group, delete consumer group info, or reset consumer group offsets.");
 
-        CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, bootstrapServerOpt);
+        if (!options.has(validateRegexOpt)) {
+            CommandLineUtils.checkRequiredArgs(parser, options, bootstrapServerOpt);
+        }
 
         if (options.has(describeOpt)) {
             if (!options.has(groupOpt) && !options.has(allGroupsOpt))
diff --git a/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandTest.java b/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..000a882347a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/src/test/java/org/apache/kafka/tools/consumer/group/ConsumerGroupCommandTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+ * the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.kafka.tools.consumer.group;
+
+import org.apache.kafka.tools.ToolsTestUtils;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+
+public class ConsumerGroupCommandTest {
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateRegexCommandWithValidRegex() {
+        String output = ToolsTestUtils.grabConsoleOutput(
+            () -> ConsumerGroupCommand.main(List.of(
+                "--validate-regex",
+                "foo.*"
+            ).toArray(new String[0]))
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(
+            "The regular expression `foo.*` is valid.\n",
+            output
+        );
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void testValidateRegexCommandWithInvalidRegex() {
+        String output = ToolsTestUtils.grabConsoleOutput(
+            () -> ConsumerGroupCommand.main(List.of(
+                "--validate-regex",
+                "[foo.*"
+            ).toArray(new String[0]))
+        );
+
+        assertEquals(
+            "The regular expression `[foo.*` is invalid: missing closing ].\n",
+            output
+        );
+    }
+}