diff --git a/data/no-dbf.shp b/data/no-dbf.shp
index e69de29..aa19d09 100644
Binary files a/data/no-dbf.shp and b/data/no-dbf.shp differ
diff --git a/psalm-baseline.xml b/psalm-baseline.xml
index c228e92..33623e7 100644
--- a/psalm-baseline.xml
+++ b/psalm-baseline.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
       <code><![CDATA[$this->records[$index]->getContentLength()]]></code>
     </PossiblyNullOperand>
     <PossiblyUnusedReturnValue>
-      <code><![CDATA[bool]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[bool]]></code>
       <code><![CDATA[int]]></code>
     </PossiblyUnusedReturnValue>
diff --git a/src/ShapeFile.php b/src/ShapeFile.php
index 851e398..5f60463 100644
--- a/src/ShapeFile.php
+++ b/src/ShapeFile.php
@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@
 
 use function chr;
 use function count;
+use function dbase_close;
+use function dbase_create;
+use function dbase_delete_record;
+use function dbase_open;
+use function dbase_pack;
 use function extension_loaded;
 use function fclose;
 use function feof;
@@ -76,6 +81,8 @@ class ShapeFile
     /** @var array<int, ShapeRecord> */
     public array $records = [];
 
+    private bool $allowNoDbf = false;
+
     /**
      * Checks whether dbase manipulations are supported.
      */
@@ -101,6 +108,11 @@ public function __construct(
     ) {
     }
 
+    public function setAllowNoDbf(bool $allowNoDbf): void
+    {
+        $this->allowNoDbf = $allowNoDbf;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Loads shapefile and dbase (if supported).
      *
@@ -613,6 +625,10 @@ private function openDBFFile(): bool
 
         $dbfName = $this->getFilename('.dbf');
         if (! is_readable($dbfName)) {
+            if ($this->allowNoDbf) {
+                return true;
+            }
+
             $this->setError(sprintf('It wasn\'t possible to find the DBase file "%s"', $dbfName));
 
             return false;
diff --git a/src/ShapeRecord.php b/src/ShapeRecord.php
index 8c289be..5d57b79 100644
--- a/src/ShapeRecord.php
+++ b/src/ShapeRecord.php
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@
 
 use function array_values;
 use function count;
+use function dbase_add_record;
+use function dbase_get_record_with_names;
+use function dbase_numrecords;
+use function dbase_replace_record;
 use function fwrite;
 use function in_array;
 use function is_array;
diff --git a/tests/ShapeFileTest.php b/tests/ShapeFileTest.php
index e75184d..bce1fe2 100644
--- a/tests/ShapeFileTest.php
+++ b/tests/ShapeFileTest.php
@@ -418,4 +418,15 @@ public function testSearch(): void
             $shp->getIndexFromDBFData('CNTRY_NAME', 'Czech Republic'),
         );
     }
+
+    public function testAllowsNoDbf(): void
+    {
+        if (! ShapeFile::supportsDbase()) {
+            self::markTestSkipped();
+        }
+
+        $shp = new ShapeFile(ShapeType::Null);
+        $shp->setAllowNoDbf(true);
+        self::assertTrue($shp->loadFromFile('data/no-dbf.*'));
+    }
 }