diff --git a/core/build.gradle b/core/build.gradle
index 3f3b25948..225841d52 100644
--- a/core/build.gradle
+++ b/core/build.gradle
@@ -796,6 +796,11 @@ if (environment == 'alpha') {
               mainClass: 'google.registry.beam.rde.RdePipeline',
               metaData : 'google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json'
           ],
+      validateDatastore  :
+          [
+              mainClass: 'google.registry.beam.comparedb.ValidateDatastorePipeline',
+              metaData: 'google/registry/beam/validate_datastore_pipeline_metadata.json'
+          ],
   ]
   project.tasks.create("stageBeamPipelines") {
     doLast {
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/validate_datastore_pipeline_metadata.json b/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/validate_datastore_pipeline_metadata.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..789129acc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/google/registry/beam/validate_datastore_pipeline_metadata.json
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+{
+  "name": "Validate Datastore with Cloud SQL",
+  "description": "An Apache Beam batch pipeline that compares Datastore with the primary Cloud SQL database.",
+  "parameters": [
+    {
+      "name": "registryEnvironment",
+      "label": "The Registry environment.",
+      "helpText": "The Registry environment.",
+      "is_optional": false,
+      "regexes": [
+        "^PRODUCTION|SANDBOX|CRASH|QA|ALPHA$"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "isolationOverride",
+      "label": "The desired SQL transaction isolation level.",
+      "helpText": "The desired SQL transaction isolation level.",
+      "is_optional": true,
+      "regexes": [
+        "^[0-9A-Z_]+$"
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "sqlSnapshotId",
+      "label": "The ID of an exported Cloud SQL (Postgresql) snapshot.",
+      "helpText": "The ID of an exported Cloud SQL (Postgresql) snapshot.",
+      "is_optional": true
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "latestCommitLogTimestamp",
+      "label": "Nomulus CommitLog start time",
+      "helpText": "The latest entity update time allowed for inclusion in validation, in ISO8601 format.",
+      "is_optional": false
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "comparisonStartTimestamp",
+      "label": "Only entities updated at or after this time are included for validation.",
+      "helpText": "The earliest entity update time allowed for inclusion in validation, in ISO8601 format.",
+      "is_optional": true
+    }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/release/cloudbuild-nomulus.yaml b/release/cloudbuild-nomulus.yaml
index c016445ef..cd8b8c9dc 100644
--- a/release/cloudbuild-nomulus.yaml
+++ b/release/cloudbuild-nomulus.yaml
@@ -96,7 +96,9 @@ steps:
       google.registry.beam.invoicing.InvoicingPipeline \
       google/registry/beam/invoicing_pipeline_metadata.json \
       google.registry.beam.rde.RdePipeline \
-      google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json
+      google/registry/beam/rde_pipeline_metadata.json \
+      google.registry.beam.comparedb.ValidateDatastorePipeline \
+      google/registry/beam/validate_datastore_pipeline_metadata.json
 # Tentatively build and publish Cloud SQL schema jar here, before schema release
 # process is finalized. Also publish nomulus:core jars that are needed for
 # server/schema compatibility tests.