diff --git a/lib/bundler/rubygems_ext.rb b/lib/bundler/rubygems_ext.rb
index 18180a81a1..f2537f7168 100644
--- a/lib/bundler/rubygems_ext.rb
+++ b/lib/bundler/rubygems_ext.rb
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@ module Gem
 
   require "rubygems/specification"
 
+  # Can be removed once RubyGems 3.5.15 support is dropped
+  VALIDATES_FOR_RESOLUTION = Specification.new.respond_to?(:validate_for_resolution).freeze
+
   class Specification
     require_relative "match_metadata"
     require_relative "match_platform"
@@ -131,6 +134,12 @@ module Gem
       !default_gem? && !File.directory?(full_gem_path)
     end
 
+    unless VALIDATES_FOR_RESOLUTION
+      def validate_for_resolution
+        SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_for_resolution
+      end
+    end
+
     private
 
     def dependencies_to_gemfile(dependencies, group = nil)
@@ -150,6 +159,14 @@ module Gem
     end
   end
 
+  unless VALIDATES_FOR_RESOLUTION
+    class SpecificationPolicy
+      def validate_for_resolution
+        validate_required!
+      end
+    end
+  end
+
   module BetterPermissionError
     def data
       super
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
index e50f833852..0f3828cc70 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification.rb
@@ -2586,6 +2586,10 @@ class Gem::Specification < Gem::BasicSpecification
     @test_files.delete_if       {|x| File.directory?(x) && !File.symlink?(x) }
   end
 
+  def validate_for_resolution
+    Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_for_resolution
+  end
+
   def validate_metadata
     Gem::SpecificationPolicy.new(self).validate_metadata
   end
diff --git a/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb b/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
index 812b0f889e..d7568ddde9 100644
--- a/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
+++ b/lib/rubygems/specification_policy.rb
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ class Gem::SpecificationPolicy
 
   def validate(strict = false)
     validate_required!
+    validate_required_metadata!
 
     validate_optional(strict) if packaging || strict
 
@@ -85,15 +86,17 @@ class Gem::SpecificationPolicy
 
     validate_authors_field
 
-    validate_metadata
-
     validate_licenses_length
 
-    validate_lazy_metadata
-
     validate_duplicate_dependencies
   end
 
+  def validate_required_metadata!
+    validate_metadata
+
+    validate_lazy_metadata
+  end
+
   def validate_optional(strict)
     validate_licenses
 
@@ -120,6 +123,13 @@ class Gem::SpecificationPolicy
     end
   end
 
+  ##
+  # Implementation for Specification#validate_for_resolution
+
+  def validate_for_resolution
+    validate_required!
+  end
+
   ##
   # Implementation for Specification#validate_metadata
 
diff --git a/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb b/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
index 9395e34f75..8975c083af 100644
--- a/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
+++ b/test/rubygems/test_gem_specification.rb
@@ -3951,6 +3951,40 @@ end
     assert_equal ["default-2.0.0.0"], Gem::Specification.map(&:full_name)
   end
 
+  def test_validate_for_resolution_validates_required_attributes
+    e = assert_raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
+      @a1.version = nil
+      @a1.validate_for_resolution
+    end
+
+    assert_equal "missing value for attribute version", e.message
+  end
+
+  def test_validate_for_resolution_validates_name
+    e = assert_raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
+      @a1.name = 123
+      @a1.validate_for_resolution
+    end
+
+    assert_equal 'invalid value for attribute name: "123" must be a string', e.message
+  end
+
+  def test_validate_for_resolution_validates_duplicate_dependencies
+    e = assert_raise Gem::InvalidSpecificationException do
+      @a1.add_dependency "foo", "1.2.3"
+      @a1.add_dependency "foo", "3.4.5"
+      @a1.validate_for_resolution
+    end
+
+    assert_match "duplicate dependency on foo", e.message
+  end
+
+  def test_validate_for_resolution_ignores_metadata
+    @a1.summary = "TODO: Invalid summary"
+    @a1.metadata["homepage_uri"] = "TODO: Invalid homepage URI"
+    @a1.validate_for_resolution
+  end
+
   def util_setup_deps
     @gem = util_spec "awesome", "1.0" do |awesome|
       awesome.add_runtime_dependency "bonobo", []