diff --git a/data/jsonschema.json b/data/jsonschema.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f355d8c704
--- /dev/null
+++ b/data/jsonschema.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "id": { "type": "integer" },
+    "name": { "type": "string" }
+  },
+  "required": ["id", "name"]
+}
diff --git a/frictionless/console/commands/__spec__/test_validate.py b/frictionless/console/commands/__spec__/test_validate.py
index 7e71bfd7a9..41f40a0ec0 100644
--- a/frictionless/console/commands/__spec__/test_validate.py
+++ b/frictionless/console/commands/__spec__/test_validate.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
-from frictionless import Detector, Dialect, validate
+from frictionless import Detector, Dialect, Schema, validate
 from frictionless.console import console
 
 from .conftest import create_runner
@@ -69,6 +69,19 @@ def test_console_validate_field_names():
     assert no_time(json.loads(actual.stdout)) == no_time(expect.to_descriptor())
 
 
+def test_console_validate_jsonschema_1500():
+    actual = runner.invoke(
+        console,
+        "validate data/table.csv --json --jsonschema data/jsonschema.json",
+    )
+    expect = validate(
+        "data/table.csv",
+        schema=Schema.from_jsonschema("data/jsonschema.json"),
+    )
+    assert actual.exit_code == 0
+    assert no_time(json.loads(actual.stdout)) == no_time(expect.to_descriptor())
+
+
 def test_console_validate_field_missing_values():
     actual = runner.invoke(
         console,
diff --git a/frictionless/console/commands/validate.py b/frictionless/console/commands/validate.py
index 41d5cbc7f9..8cef072a53 100644
--- a/frictionless/console/commands/validate.py
+++ b/frictionless/console/commands/validate.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 from rich.table import Table
 
 from ...resource import Resource
+from ...schema import Schema
 from ...system import system
 from .. import common, helpers
 from ..console import console
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ def console_validate(
     innerpath: str = common.innerpath,
     compression: str = common.compression,
     schema: str = common.schema,
+    jsonschema: str = common.jsonschema,
     hash: str = common.hash,
     bytes: int = common.bytes,
     fields: int = common.fields,
@@ -121,6 +123,9 @@ def console_validate(
             skip_errors=skip_errors,
         )
 
+        # Create schema
+        schema_obj = Schema.from_jsonschema(jsonschema) if jsonschema else schema
+
         # Create resource
         resource = Resource(
             source=helpers.create_source(source),
@@ -136,7 +141,7 @@ def console_validate(
             bytes=bytes,
             fields=fields,
             rows=rows,
-            schema=schema,
+            schema=schema_obj,
             basepath=basepath,
             detector=detector_obj,
         )
diff --git a/frictionless/console/common.py b/frictionless/console/common.py
index 2cb4e21c0e..1e29633072 100644
--- a/frictionless/console/common.py
+++ b/frictionless/console/common.py
@@ -126,6 +126,11 @@
     help="Specify a path to a schema",
 )
 
+jsonschema = Option(
+    default=None,
+    help="Specify a path to a JSON Schema profile (converted to a Table Schema)",
+)
+
 # Checklist
 
 checklist = Option(