diff --git a/sklearn/cluster/_dbscan.py b/sklearn/cluster/_dbscan.py
index 4dd09c9531c44..0129138801973 100644
--- a/sklearn/cluster/_dbscan.py
+++ b/sklearn/cluster/_dbscan.py
@@ -17,13 +17,18 @@
 from ..base import BaseEstimator, ClusterMixin, _fit_context
 from ..metrics.pairwise import _VALID_METRICS
 from ..neighbors import NearestNeighbors
-from ..utils._param_validation import Interval, StrOptions
+from ..utils._param_validation import Interval, StrOptions, validate_params
 from ..utils.validation import _check_sample_weight
 from ._dbscan_inner import dbscan_inner
 
 
-# This function is not validated using validate_params because
-# it's just a factory for DBSCAN.
+@validate_params(
+    {
+        "X": ["array-like", "sparse matrix"],
+        "sample_weight": ["array-like", None],
+    },
+    prefer_skip_nested_validation=False,
+)
 def dbscan(
     X,
     eps=0.5,
diff --git a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
index 1d9c75180c1ea..791ff4205e3cd 100644
--- a/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
+++ b/sklearn/tests/test_public_functions.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ def test_function_param_validation(func_module):
 
 PARAM_VALIDATION_CLASS_WRAPPER_LIST = [
     ("sklearn.cluster.affinity_propagation", "sklearn.cluster.AffinityPropagation"),
+    ("sklearn.cluster.dbscan", "sklearn.cluster.DBSCAN"),
     ("sklearn.cluster.k_means", "sklearn.cluster.KMeans"),
     ("sklearn.cluster.mean_shift", "sklearn.cluster.MeanShift"),
     ("sklearn.cluster.spectral_clustering", "sklearn.cluster.SpectralClustering"),