diff --git a/focker/bootstrap.py b/focker/bootstrap.py
index 4e0f833..bb79077 100644
--- a/focker/bootstrap.py
+++ b/focker/bootstrap.py
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ def command_bootstrap(args):
     name = find_prefix(poolname + '/focker/images/', sha256)
     subprocess.check_output(['zfs', 'create', '-o', 'focker:sha256=' + sha256, name])
     zfs_tag(name, tags)
-    res = subprocess.run(['bsdinstall', 'jail', zfs_mountpoint(name)])
-    if res.returncode != 0:
-        zfs_run(['zfs', 'destroy', '-r', '-f', name])
-        raise ValueError('bsdinstall failed')
+    if not args.dry_run:
+        res = subprocess.run(['bsdinstall', 'jail', zfs_mountpoint(name)])
+        if res.returncode != 0:
+            zfs_run(['zfs', 'destroy', '-r', '-f', name])
+            raise ValueError('bsdinstall failed')
     subprocess.check_output(['zfs', 'set', 'rdonly=on', name])
     subprocess.check_output(['zfs', 'snapshot', name + '@1'])
diff --git a/focker/focker.py b/focker/focker.py
index 240fdff..b69a6ea 100644
--- a/focker/focker.py
+++ b/focker/focker.py
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ def create_parser():
     parser = ListForwarder([subparsers_top.add_parser(cmd) for cmd in ['bootstrap', 'boot', 'bs']])
     parser.set_defaults(func=command_bootstrap)
     parser.add_argument('--tags', '-t', type=str, nargs='+', default=None)
+    parser.add_argument('--dry-run', '-d', action='store_true')
 
     # image
     subparsers = ListForwarder([ subparsers_top.add_parser(cmd).add_subparsers(dest='L2_command') \
diff --git a/tests/test_bootstrap.py b/tests/test_bootstrap.py
index 516bb02..dbe33b0 100644
--- a/tests/test_bootstrap.py
+++ b/tests/test_bootstrap.py
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@
 import subprocess
 from focker.zfs import *
 import re
+import os
 
 
 def test_bootstrap():
     subprocess.run(['focker', 'image', 'remove', '--force', 'test-focker-bootstrap'])
-    subprocess.run(['focker', 'bootstrap', '--tags', 'test-focker-bootstrap'])
-    name, sha256 = zfs_find('test-focker-bootstrap', focker_type='volume')
-    assert len(name) >= 7
-    assert re.search('[a-f]', name[:7])
+    subprocess.run(['focker', 'bootstrap', '--dry-run', '--tags', 'test-focker-bootstrap'])
+    name, sha256 = zfs_find('test-focker-bootstrap', focker_type='image')
+    basename = os.path.basename(name)
+    assert len(basename) >= 7
+    assert re.search('[a-f]', basename[:7])
     assert len(sha256) == 64
-    assert name == sha256[:len(name)]
+    assert basename == sha256[:len(basename)]
+    assert zfs_exists_snapshot_sha256(sha256)
+    subprocess.check_output(['zfs', 'destroy', '-r', '-f', name])