diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/errors/statuserror.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/errors/statuserror.go
index f37dec0177..df38afdcb0 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/errors/statuserror.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/errors/statuserror.go
@@ -45,3 +45,9 @@ func ToStatusErr(webhookName string, result *metav1.Status) *apierrors.StatusErr
 		ErrStatus: *result,
 	}
 }
+
+// NewDryRunUnsupportedErr returns a StatusError with information about the webhook plugin
+func NewDryRunUnsupportedErr(webhookName string) *apierrors.StatusError {
+	reason := fmt.Sprintf("admission webhook %q does not support dry run", webhookName)
+	return apierrors.NewBadRequest(reason)
+}
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
index 88e23c25d9..64e6851f8f 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/mutating/dispatcher.go
@@ -82,6 +82,11 @@ func (a *mutatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr *generic.Version
 
 // note that callAttrMutatingHook updates attr
 func (a *mutatingDispatcher) callAttrMutatingHook(ctx context.Context, h *v1beta1.Webhook, attr *generic.VersionedAttributes) error {
+	if attr.IsDryRun() {
+		// TODO: support this
+		webhookerrors.NewDryRunUnsupportedErr(h.Name)
+	}
+
 	// Make the webhook request
 	request := request.CreateAdmissionReview(attr)
 	client, err := a.cm.HookClient(h)
diff --git a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
index 528d79a87d..74fd18680b 100644
--- a/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
+++ b/staging/src/k8s.io/apiserver/pkg/admission/plugin/webhook/validating/dispatcher.go
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@ func (d *validatingDispatcher) Dispatch(ctx context.Context, attr *generic.Versi
 }
 
 func (d *validatingDispatcher) callHook(ctx context.Context, h *v1beta1.Webhook, attr *generic.VersionedAttributes) error {
+	if attr.IsDryRun() {
+		// TODO: support this
+		webhookerrors.NewDryRunUnsupportedErr(h.Name)
+	}
+
 	// Make the webhook request
 	request := request.CreateAdmissionReview(attr)
 	client, err := d.cm.HookClient(h)