diff --git a/.drone/drone.jsonnet b/.drone/drone.jsonnet
index d9bfee681f..6dcea160a7 100644
--- a/.drone/drone.jsonnet
+++ b/.drone/drone.jsonnet
@@ -640,6 +640,7 @@ local build_image_tag = '0.33.0';
         'GIT_TARGET_BRANCH="$DRONE_TARGET_BRANCH"',
       ]) { depends_on: ['loki'], when: onPRs },
       make('validate-example-configs', container=false) { depends_on: ['loki'] },
+      make('validate-dev-cluster-config', container=false) { depends_on: ['loki'] },
       make('check-example-config-doc', container=false) { depends_on: ['clone'] },
       {
         name: 'build-docs-website',
diff --git a/.drone/drone.yml b/.drone/drone.yml
index a4b2b44299..d45f7898a0 100644
--- a/.drone/drone.yml
+++ b/.drone/drone.yml
@@ -303,6 +303,13 @@ steps:
   environment: {}
   image: grafana/loki-build-image:0.33.0
   name: validate-example-configs
+- commands:
+  - make BUILD_IN_CONTAINER=false validate-dev-cluster-config
+  depends_on:
+  - loki
+  environment: {}
+  image: grafana/loki-build-image:0.33.0
+  name: validate-dev-cluster-config
 - commands:
   - make BUILD_IN_CONTAINER=false check-example-config-doc
   depends_on:
@@ -2106,6 +2113,6 @@ kind: secret
 name: gpg_private_key
 ---
 kind: signature
-hmac: 30f2fb121d8271e00dc2ae8fe83a32e0e22fd2bd268609d0c3f295033fcd4fb6
+hmac: fe7669a21410ae5f2d1ad6b6205fdc582af874f65f7bd6a679731a88174e3a1c
 
 ...
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 50938cac56..d311ed1c4f 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -801,6 +801,9 @@ EXAMPLES_SKIP_VALIDATION_FLAG := "doc-example:skip-validation=true"
 validate-example-configs: loki
 	for f in $$(grep -rL $(EXAMPLES_SKIP_VALIDATION_FLAG) $(EXAMPLES_YAML_PATH)/*.yaml); do echo "Validating provided example config: $$f" && ./cmd/loki/loki -config.file=$$f -verify-config || exit 1; done
 
+validate-dev-cluster-config: loki
+	./cmd/loki/loki -config.file=./tools/dev/loki-boltdb-storage-s3/config/loki.yaml -verify-config
+
 # Dynamically generate ./docs/sources/configure/examples.md using the example configs that we provide.
 # This target should be run if any of our example configs change.
 generate-example-config-doc: