diff --git a/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql b/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3cb6c1978
--- /dev/null
+++ b/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+DROP TABLE IF EXISTS `wp_a8c_cron_control_jobs`;
+
+CREATE TABLE `wp_a8c_cron_control_jobs` (
+  `ID` bigint unsigned ,
+  `timestamp` bigint unsigned NOT NULL,
+  `action` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
+  `action_hashed` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  `instance` varchar(32) NOT NULL,
+  `args` longtext NOT NULL,
+  `schedule` varchar(255) DEFAULT NULL,
+  `interval` int unsigned DEFAULT '0',
+  `status` varchar(32) NOT NULL DEFAULT 'pending',
+  `created` datetime NOT NULL,
+  `last_modified` datetime NOT NULL,
+  PRIMARY KEY (`ID`),
+  UNIQUE KEY `ts_action_instance_status` (`timestamp`,`action`(191),`instance`,`status`),
+  KEY `status` (`status`)
+) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=17 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8mb4 COLLATE=utf8mb4_0900_ai_ci;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql.gz b/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql.gz
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..02b9b0a92
Binary files /dev/null and b/__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql.gz differ
diff --git a/__tests__/devenv-e2e/010-import-sql.spec.js b/__tests__/devenv-e2e/010-import-sql.spec.js
index 340fc9e17..0981be588 100644
--- a/__tests__/devenv-e2e/010-import-sql.spec.js
+++ b/__tests__/devenv-e2e/010-import-sql.spec.js
@@ -94,6 +94,19 @@ describe( 'vip dev-env import sql', () => {
 			}
 		);
 
+		it.each( [ 'fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql.gz', 'fail-autoIncrement-validation.sql' ] )(
+			'should fail if the file fails auto increment validation',
+			async baseName => {
+				const file = path.join( __dirname, `../../__fixtures__/dev-env-e2e/${ baseName }` );
+				const result = await cliTest.spawn(
+					[ process.argv[ 0 ], vipDevEnvImportSQL, '--slug', slug, file ],
+					{ env }
+				);
+				expect( result.rc ).toBeGreaterThan( 0 );
+				expect( result.stderr ).toContain( 'SQL Error: AUTO_INCREMENT attribute was not found' );
+			}
+		);
+
 		it.each( [ 'fail-validation.sql.gz', 'fail-validation.sql' ] )(
 			'should allow to bypass validation',
 			async baseName => {
diff --git a/src/lib/validations/sql.ts b/src/lib/validations/sql.ts
index 486d3d617..31f37e3d5 100644
--- a/src/lib/validations/sql.ts
+++ b/src/lib/validations/sql.ts
@@ -377,6 +377,17 @@ const checks: Checks = {
 			"Ensure your application works with InnoDB and update your SQL dump to include only 'ENGINE=InnoDB' engine definitions in 'CREATE TABLE' statements. " +
 			"We suggest you search for all 'ENGINE=X' entries and replace them with 'ENGINE=InnoDB'!",
 	},
+	autoIncrement: {
+		matcher: /\s(NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT,)/i,
+		matchHandler: ( _lineNumber, results ) => ( { text: results[ 1 ] } ),
+		outputFormatter: requiredCheckFormatter,
+		results: [],
+		message: 'AUTO_INCREMENT attribute',
+		excerpt:
+			"'AUTO_INCREMENT attribute' should be present (case-insensitive) for all CREATE TABLE statements",
+		recommendation:
+			'Check import settings to include AUTO_INCREMENT attribute in all the CREATE TABLE statements',
+	},
 };
 
 const DEV_ENV_SPECIFIC_CHECKS = [ 'useStatement', 'siteHomeUrlLando' ];