diff --git a/crates/stackable-operator/src/config/fragment.rs b/crates/stackable-operator/src/config/fragment.rs
index a1a89f6be..22142e833 100644
--- a/crates/stackable-operator/src/config/fragment.rs
+++ b/crates/stackable-operator/src/config/fragment.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,19 @@ use super::merge::Merge;
 #[cfg(doc)]
 use crate::role_utils::{Role, RoleGroup};
 
+/// Turns a invalidated struct into the validated counterpart the build step works with.
+#[allow(dead_code)]
+pub trait IntoValidated {
+    /// `Validated` counterpart of the struct to validate.
+    type Validated;
+    /// Error thrown when failed to validate a `Config`.
+    type Error;
+
+    /// Consumes and validates self and returns [`Self::Validated`] or [`Self::Error`] if
+    /// validation failed.
+    fn validate(self) -> Result<Self::Validated, Self::Error>;
+}
+
 /// Contains context used for generating validation errors
 ///
 /// Constructed internally in [`validate`]