diff --git a/sklearn/datasets/_lfw.py b/sklearn/datasets/_lfw.py
index 7252c050bef3c..c6f1a5f9a90c8 100644
--- a/sklearn/datasets/_lfw.py
+++ b/sklearn/datasets/_lfw.py
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@
 
 from os import listdir, makedirs, remove
 from os.path import join, exists, isdir
-
+from ..utils._param_validation import validate_params, Interval, Hidden
+from numbers import Integral, Real
 import logging
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -231,6 +232,18 @@ def _fetch_lfw_people(
     return faces, target, target_names
 
 
+@validate_params(
+    {
+        "data_home": [str, None],
+        "funneled": ["boolean"],
+        "resize": [Interval(Real, 0, None, closed="neither"), None],
+        "min_faces_per_person": [Interval(Integral, 0, None, closed="left"), None],
+        "color": ["boolean"],
+        "slice_": [tuple, Hidden(None)],
+        "download_if_missing": ["boolean"],
+        "return_X_y": ["boolean"],
+    }
+)
 def fetch_lfw_people(
     *,
     data_home=None,
diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
index 31aeb37c5e536..22b0aa2653678 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ def _check_function_param_validation(
     "sklearn.datasets.fetch_california_housing",
     "sklearn.datasets.fetch_covtype",
     "sklearn.datasets.fetch_kddcup99",
+    "sklearn.datasets.fetch_lfw_people",
     "sklearn.datasets.fetch_olivetti_faces",
     "sklearn.datasets.load_svmlight_file",
     "sklearn.datasets.load_svmlight_files",