diff --git a/.changeset/five-teams-find.md b/.changeset/five-teams-find.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fcf47385f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/five-teams-find.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@pnpm/plugin-commands-publishing": minor
+"pnpm": minor
+---
+
+Added support for `--dry-run` to the `pack` command [#10301](https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/issues/10301).
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
index 5c988b52d3..82c6d55cd3 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/pack.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export function cliOptionsTypes (): Record<string, unknown> {
     out: String,
     recursive: Boolean,
     ...pick([
+      'dry-run',
       'pack-destination',
       'pack-gzip-level',
       'json',
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ export function help (): string {
         title: 'Options',
 
         list: [
+          {
+            description: 'Does everything `pnpm pack` would do except actually writing the tarball to disk.',
+            name: '--dry-run',
+          },
           {
             description: 'Directory in which `pnpm pack` will save tarballs. The default is the current working directory.',
             name: '--pack-destination <dir>',
@@ -101,6 +106,7 @@ export type PackOptions = Pick<UniversalOptions, 'dir'> & Pick<Config, 'catalogs
   argv: {
     original: string[]
   }
+  dryRun?: boolean
   engineStrict?: boolean
   packDestination?: string
   out?: string
@@ -250,21 +256,23 @@ export async function api (opts: PackOptions): Promise<PackResult> {
   const destDir = packDestination
     ? (path.isAbsolute(packDestination) ? packDestination : path.join(dir, packDestination ?? '.'))
     : dir
-  await fs.promises.mkdir(destDir, { recursive: true })
-  await packPkg({
-    destFile: path.join(destDir, tarballName),
-    filesMap,
-    modulesDir: path.join(opts.dir, 'node_modules'),
-    packGzipLevel: opts.packGzipLevel,
-    manifest: publishManifest,
-    bins: [
-      ...(await getBinsFromPackageManifest(publishManifest as DependencyManifest, dir)).map(({ path }) => path),
-      ...(manifest.publishConfig?.executableFiles ?? [])
-        .map((executableFile) => path.join(dir, executableFile)),
-    ],
-  })
-  if (!opts.ignoreScripts) {
-    await _runScriptsIfPresent(['postpack'], entryManifest)
+  if (!opts.dryRun) {
+    await fs.promises.mkdir(destDir, { recursive: true })
+    await packPkg({
+      destFile: path.join(destDir, tarballName),
+      filesMap,
+      modulesDir: path.join(opts.dir, 'node_modules'),
+      packGzipLevel: opts.packGzipLevel,
+      manifest: publishManifest,
+      bins: [
+        ...(await getBinsFromPackageManifest(publishManifest as DependencyManifest, dir)).map(({ path }) => path),
+        ...(manifest.publishConfig?.executableFiles ?? [])
+          .map((executableFile) => path.join(dir, executableFile)),
+      ],
+    })
+    if (!opts.ignoreScripts) {
+      await _runScriptsIfPresent(['postpack'], entryManifest)
+    }
   }
   let packedTarballPath
   if (opts.dir !== destDir) {
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
index 29670ab6cb..62e240d4aa 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/src/publish.ts
@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ Do you want to continue?`,
     ...opts,
     dir,
     packDestination,
+    dryRun: false,
   })
   await copyNpmrc({ dir, workspaceDir: opts.workspaceDir, packDestination })
   const { status } = runNpm(opts.npmPath, ['publish', '--ignore-scripts', path.basename(tarballPath), ...args], {
diff --git a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
index 1ab8b9f047..f1bce34a7e 100644
--- a/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
+++ b/releasing/plugin-commands-publishing/test/pack.ts
@@ -78,6 +78,24 @@ test('pack a package with scoped name', async () => {
   expect(fs.existsSync('pnpm-test-scope-0.0.0.tgz')).toBeTruthy()
 })
 
+test('pack: with dry-run', async () => {
+  prepare({
+    name: 'test-publish-package.json',
+    version: '0.0.0',
+  })
+
+  await pack.handler({
+    ...DEFAULT_OPTS,
+    argv: { original: [] },
+    dir: process.cwd(),
+    extraBinPaths: [],
+    dryRun: true,
+  })
+
+  expect(fs.existsSync('test-publish-package.json-0.0.0.tgz')).toBeFalsy()
+  expect(fs.existsSync('package.json')).toBeTruthy()
+})
+
 test('pack when there is bundledDependencies but without node-linker=hoisted', async () => {
   prepare({
     name: 'bundled-deps-without-node-linker-hoisted',