diff --git a/docs/README.rst b/docs/README.rst
index be69b8a..d2f45a4 100644
--- a/docs/README.rst
+++ b/docs/README.rst
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@ To completely disable adding IP addresses::
 
 Manages the system wide ``/etc/ssh/moduli`` file.
 
+``openssh._mapdata``
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Testing state which dumps the ``map.jinja`` values in ``/tmp/salt_mapdata_dump.yaml``.
+This state is not called by any include but is mostly used by kitchen and Inspec infrastructure to validate ``map.jinja``.
+
+
 Testing
 -------
 
diff --git a/openssh/_mapdata/_mapdata.jinja b/openssh/_mapdata/_mapdata.jinja
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad54eaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssh/_mapdata/_mapdata.jinja
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+# yamllint disable rule:indentation rule:line-length
+# {{ grains.get('osfinger', grains.os) }}
+---
+{#- use salt.slsutil.serialize to avoid encoding errors on some platforms #}
+{{ salt['slsutil.serialize'](
+     'yaml',
+     map,
+     default_flow_style=False,
+     allow_unicode=True,
+   )
+   | regex_replace("^\s+'$", "'", multiline=True)
+   | trim
+}}
diff --git a/openssh/_mapdata/init.sls b/openssh/_mapdata/init.sls
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b9501a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/openssh/_mapdata/init.sls
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+# vim: ft=sls
+---
+{#- Get the `tplroot` from `tpldir` #}
+{%- set tplroot = tpldir.split('/')[0] %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import openssh with context %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import ssh_config with context %}
+{%- from tplroot ~ "/map.jinja" import sshd_config with context %}
+
+{%- set output_file = '/tmp/salt_mapdata_dump.yaml' %}
+{%- set map = {
+      'openssh': openssh,
+      'ssh_config': ssh_config,
+      'sshd_config': sshd_config,
+    } %}
+
+{%- do salt['log.debug']( map | yaml(False) ) %}
+
+{{ tplroot }}-mapdata-dump:
+  file.managed:
+    - name: {{ output_file }}
+    - source: salt://{{ tplroot }}/_mapdata/_mapdata.jinja
+    - template: jinja
+    - context:
+        map: {{ map | yaml }}