diff --git a/builtin/reflog.c b/builtin/reflog.c
index 1211c58fa4..49e5453dd9 100644
--- a/builtin/reflog.c
+++ b/builtin/reflog.c
@@ -279,7 +279,10 @@ static int cmd_reflog_expire(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix,
 
 	for (i = 0; i < argc; i++) {
 		char *ref;
-		struct expire_reflog_policy_cb cb = { .opts = opts };
+		struct expire_reflog_policy_cb cb = {
+			.opts = opts,
+			.dry_run = !!(flags & EXPIRE_REFLOGS_DRY_RUN),
+		};
 
 		if (!repo_dwim_log(the_repository, argv[i], strlen(argv[i]), NULL, &ref)) {
 			status |= error(_("reflog could not be found: '%s'"), argv[i]);
diff --git a/t/t1410-reflog.sh b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
index 93b5b49e1d..998a7e8667 100755
--- a/t/t1410-reflog.sh
+++ b/t/t1410-reflog.sh
@@ -240,6 +240,40 @@ test_expect_success 'reflog expire --dry-run should not touch reflog' '
 	check_fsck "missing blob $F"
 '
 
+# A dry run only ever says "keep" or "would prune".
+check_dry_run_output () {
+	test_grep "^would prune " "$1" &&
+	sed -e "/^keep /d" -e "/^would prune /d" \
+		-e "/^Marking reachable objects/d" "$1" >unexpected &&
+	test_must_be_empty unexpected
+}
+
+test_expect_success 'reflog expire --dry-run --verbose with a named ref' '
+	git reflog refs/heads/main >before &&
+	git reflog expire --dry-run --verbose \
+		--expire=$(($test_tick - 10000)) \
+		--expire-unreachable=$(($test_tick - 10000)) \
+		--stale-fix \
+		refs/heads/main >output &&
+	check_dry_run_output output &&
+
+	git reflog refs/heads/main >after &&
+	test_cmp before after
+'
+
+test_expect_success 'reflog expire --dry-run --verbose --all' '
+	git reflog refs/heads/main >before &&
+	git reflog expire --dry-run --verbose \
+		--expire=$(($test_tick - 10000)) \
+		--expire-unreachable=$(($test_tick - 10000)) \
+		--stale-fix \
+		--all >output &&
+	check_dry_run_output output &&
+
+	git reflog refs/heads/main >after &&
+	test_cmp before after
+'
+
 test_expect_success 'reflog expire' '
 
 	git reflog expire --verbose \