diff --git a/doc/reference/app.md b/doc/reference/app.md
index 0e189db1..31a4d059 100644
--- a/doc/reference/app.md
+++ b/doc/reference/app.md
@@ -61,6 +61,8 @@ The `config` object is an object with some of the following keys:
   templates (see [translations](translations.md))
 - **`templates (string | xml document)`**: all the templates that will be used by
   the components created by the application.
+- **`warnIfNoStaticProps (boolean, default=false)`**: if true, Owl will log a warning
+  whenever it encounters a component that does not provide a [static props description](props.md#props-validation).
 
 ## `mount` helper
 
diff --git a/src/app/app.ts b/src/app/app.ts
index cc5fcdff..b1a93777 100644
--- a/src/app/app.ts
+++ b/src/app/app.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export interface AppConfig<P, E> extends TemplateSetConfig {
   props?: P;
   env?: E;
   test?: boolean;
+  warnIfNoStaticProps?: boolean;
 }
 
 let hasBeenLogged = false;
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ export class App<
   env: E;
   scheduler = new Scheduler();
   root: ComponentNode<P, E> | null = null;
+  warnIfNoStaticProps: boolean;
 
   constructor(Root: ComponentConstructor<P, E>, config: AppConfig<P, E> = {}) {
     super(config);
@@ -48,6 +50,7 @@ export class App<
     if (config.test) {
       this.dev = true;
     }
+    this.warnIfNoStaticProps = config.warnIfNoStaticProps || false;
     if (this.dev && !config.test && !hasBeenLogged) {
       console.info(DEV_MSG());
       hasBeenLogged = true;
@@ -61,7 +64,7 @@ export class App<
   mount(target: HTMLElement, options?: MountOptions): Promise<Component<P, E> & InstanceType<T>> {
     App.validateTarget(target);
     if (this.dev) {
-      this.helpers.validateProps(this.Root, this.props);
+      this.helpers.validateProps(this.Root, this.props, { __owl__: { app: this } });
     }
     const node = this.makeNode(this.Root, this.props);
     const prom = this.mountNode(node, target, options);
diff --git a/src/app/template_helpers.ts b/src/app/template_helpers.ts
index 6653d8a7..ddac172c 100644
--- a/src/app/template_helpers.ts
+++ b/src/app/template_helpers.ts
@@ -203,6 +203,9 @@ export function validateProps<P>(name: string | ComponentConstructor<P>, props:
 
   const schema = ComponentClass.props;
   if (!schema) {
+    if (parent.__owl__.app.warnIfNoStaticProps) {
+      console.warn(`Component '${ComponentClass.name}' does not have a static props description`);
+    }
     return;
   }
   const defaultProps = ComponentClass.defaultProps;
diff --git a/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap b/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
index eb49badc..6945d47a 100644
--- a/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
+++ b/tests/app/__snapshots__/app.test.ts.snap
@@ -41,3 +41,17 @@ exports[`app destroy remove the widget from the DOM 1`] = `
   }
 }"
 `;
+
+exports[`app warnIfNoStaticProps works as expected 1`] = `
+"function anonymous(bdom, helpers
+) {
+  let { text, createBlock, list, multi, html, toggler, component, comment } = bdom;
+  
+  let block1 = createBlock(\`<div><block-text-0/></div>\`);
+  
+  return function template(ctx, node, key = \\"\\") {
+    let txt1 = ctx['message'];
+    return block1([txt1]);
+  }
+}"
+`;
diff --git a/tests/app/app.test.ts b/tests/app/app.test.ts
index 70c69314..d7701e9c 100644
--- a/tests/app/app.test.ts
+++ b/tests/app/app.test.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { App, Component, xml } from "../../src";
+import { App, Component, mount, xml } from "../../src";
 import { status } from "../../src/component/status";
 import { makeTestFixture, snapshotEverything, nextTick, elem } from "../helpers";
 
@@ -59,4 +59,21 @@ describe("app", () => {
     await app.mount(fixture);
     expect(fixture.innerHTML).toBe("<div>333</div>");
   });
+
+  test("warnIfNoStaticProps works as expected", async () => {
+    let originalconsoleWarn = console.warn;
+    let mockConsoleWarn = jest.fn(() => {});
+    console.warn = mockConsoleWarn;
+
+    class Root extends Component {
+      static template = xml`<div t-esc="message"/>`;
+    }
+
+    await mount(Root, fixture, { dev: true, props: { messge: "hey" }, warnIfNoStaticProps: true });
+
+    console.warn = originalconsoleWarn;
+    expect(mockConsoleWarn).toBeCalledWith(
+      "Component 'Root' does not have a static props description"
+    );
+  });
 });