diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_api.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_api.erl
index deb7dc74c..874d2bf2b 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_api.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_api.erl
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 namespace() -> "dashboard".
 
 api_spec() ->
-    emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE).
+    emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE, #{check_schema => true}).
 
 paths() -> ["/login", "/logout", "/users",
     "/users/:username", "/users/:username/change_pwd"].
diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_swagger.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_swagger.erl
index 99525a89a..9033a9b40 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_swagger.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/src/emqx_dashboard_swagger.erl
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 -include_lib("hocon/include/hoconsc.hrl").
 
 %% API
--export([spec/1]).
+-export([spec/1, spec/2]).
 -export([translate_req/2]).
 
 -ifdef(TEST).
@@ -24,23 +24,37 @@
 -define(TO_REF(_N_, _F_), iolist_to_binary([to_bin(_N_), ".", to_bin(_F_)])).
 -define(TO_COMPONENTS(_M_, _F_), iolist_to_binary([<<"#/components/schemas/">>, ?TO_REF(namespace(_M_), _F_)])).
 
--spec(spec(module()) -> {list({Path, Specs, OperationId, Options}), list(Component)} when
+%% @equiv spec(Module, #{check_schema => false})
+-spec(spec(module()) ->
+    {list({Path, Specs, OperationId, Options}), list(Component)} when
     Path :: string()|binary(),
     Specs :: map(),
     OperationId :: atom(),
     Options :: #{filter => fun((map(),
     #{module => module(), path => string(), method => atom()}) -> map())},
     Component :: map()).
-spec(Module) ->
+spec(Module) -> spec(Module, #{check_schema => false}).
+
+-spec(spec(module(), #{check_schema => boolean()}) ->
+    {list({Path, Specs, OperationId, Options}), list(Component)} when
+    Path :: string()|binary(),
+    Specs :: map(),
+    OperationId :: atom(),
+    Options :: #{filter => fun((map(),
+    #{module => module(), path => string(), method => atom()}) -> map())},
+    Component :: map()).
+spec(Module, Options) ->
     Paths = apply(Module, paths, []),
     {ApiSpec, AllRefs} =
         lists:foldl(fun(Path, {AllAcc, AllRefsAcc}) ->
             {OperationId, Specs, Refs} = parse_spec_ref(Module, Path),
-            {[{Path, Specs, OperationId, ?DEFAULT_FILTER} | AllAcc],
+            CheckSchema = support_check_schema(Options),
+            {[{Path, Specs, OperationId, CheckSchema} | AllAcc],
                     Refs ++ AllRefsAcc}
                     end, {[], []}, Paths),
     {ApiSpec, components(lists:usort(AllRefs))}.
 
+
 -spec(translate_req(#{binding => list(), query_string => list(), body => map()},
     #{module => module(), path => string(), method => atom()}) ->
     {ok, #{binding => list(), query_string => list(), body => map()}}|
@@ -59,6 +73,10 @@ translate_req(Request, #{module := Module, path := Path, method := Method}) ->
         {400, 'BAD_REQUEST', iolist_to_binary(io_lib:format("~s : ~p", [Key, Reason]))}
     end.
 
+support_check_schema(#{check_schema := true}) -> ?DEFAULT_FILTER;
+support_check_schema(#{check_schema := Func})when is_function(Func, 2) -> #{filter => Func};
+support_check_schema(_) -> #{filter => undefined}.
+
 parse_spec_ref(Module, Path) ->
     Schema =
         try
diff --git a/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_swagger_parameter_SUITE.erl b/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_swagger_parameter_SUITE.erl
index 74cb53a26..a5c458ffa 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_swagger_parameter_SUITE.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_dashboard/test/emqx_swagger_parameter_SUITE.erl
@@ -162,7 +162,13 @@ t_in_mix_trans_error(_Config) ->
     ok.
 
 t_api_spec(_Config) ->
-    emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE),
+    {Spec, _Components} = emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE),
+    Filter = fun(V, S) -> lists:all(fun({_, _, _, #{filter := Filter}}) -> Filter =:= V end, S) end,
+    ?assertEqual(true, Filter(undefined, Spec)),
+    {Spec1, _Components1} = emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE, #{check_schema => true}),
+    ?assertEqual(true, Filter(fun emqx_dashboard_swagger:translate_req/2, Spec1)),
+    {Spec2, _Components2} = emqx_dashboard_swagger:spec(?MODULE, #{check_schema => fun emqx_dashboard_swagger:translate_req/2}),
+    ?assertEqual(true, Filter(fun emqx_dashboard_swagger:translate_req/2, Spec2)),
     ok.
 
 validate(Path, ExpectParams) ->