diff --git a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_v2.erl b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_v2.erl
index 79e8fc8f8..0b2e9277a 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_v2.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_bridge/src/emqx_bridge_v2.erl
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ install_bridge_v2_helper(
     ConnectorId = emqx_connector_resource:resource_id(
         connector_type(BridgeV2Type), ConnectorName
     ),
-    emqx_resource_manager:add_channel(
+    _ = emqx_resource_manager:add_channel(
         ConnectorId,
         BridgeV2Id,
         augment_channel_config(
@@ -786,7 +786,11 @@ create_dry_run_helper(ConfRootKey, BridgeV2Type, ConnectorRawConf, BridgeV2RawCo
                 BridgeName,
                 BridgeV2Conf
             ),
-            case emqx_resource_manager:add_channel(ConnectorId, ChannelTestId, AugmentedConf) of
+            %% We'll perform it ourselves to get the resulting status afterwards.
+            Opts = #{perform_health_check => false},
+            case
+                emqx_resource_manager:add_channel(ConnectorId, ChannelTestId, AugmentedConf, Opts)
+            of
                 {error, Reason} ->
                     {error, Reason};
                 ok ->
diff --git a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
index 816c38301..c042054e3 100644
--- a/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
+++ b/apps/emqx_resource/src/emqx_resource_manager.erl
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@
 %% limitations under the License.
 %%--------------------------------------------------------------------
 -module(emqx_resource_manager).
+
+-feature(maybe_expr, enable).
+
 -behaviour(gen_statem).
 
 -include("emqx_resource.hrl").
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@
     health_check/1,
     channel_health_check/2,
     add_channel/3,
+    add_channel/4,
     remove_channel/2,
     get_channels/1
 ]).
@@ -133,6 +137,12 @@
     ST =:= ?status_connecting; ST =:= ?status_connected; ST =:= ?status_disconnected
 ).
 
+-type add_channel_opts() :: #{
+    %% Whether to immediately perform a health check after adding the channel.
+    %% Default: `true'
+    perform_health_check => boolean()
+}.
+
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 %% API
 %%------------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -378,10 +388,30 @@ channel_health_check(ResId, ChannelId) ->
     _ = health_check(ResId),
     safe_call(ResId, {channel_health_check, ChannelId}, ?T_OPERATION).
 
+-spec add_channel(
+    connector_resource_id(),
+    action_resource_id() | source_resource_id(),
+    _Config
+) ->
+    ok | {error, term()}.
 add_channel(ResId, ChannelId, Config) ->
+    add_channel(ResId, ChannelId, Config, _Opts = #{}).
+
+-spec add_channel(
+    connector_resource_id(),
+    action_resource_id() | source_resource_id(),
+    _Config,
+    add_channel_opts()
+) ->
+    ok | {error, term()}.
+add_channel(ResId, ChannelId, Config, Opts) ->
     Result = safe_call(ResId, {add_channel, ChannelId, Config}, ?T_OPERATION),
-    %% Wait for health_check to finish
-    _ = channel_health_check(ResId, ChannelId),
+    maybe
+        true ?= maps:get(perform_health_check, Opts, true),
+        %% Wait for health_check to finish
+        _ = channel_health_check(ResId, ChannelId),
+        ok
+    end,
     Result.
 
 remove_channel(ResId, ChannelId) ->