diff --git a/common/Makefile b/common/Makefile
index 84f6afc48..fb0ac95ea 100644
--- a/common/Makefile
+++ b/common/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,14 @@ ifneq ($(origin TARGET_SITE), undefined)
   TARGET_SITE_OPT=--set main.clusterGroupName=$(TARGET_SITE)
 endif
 
+# Set this to true if you want to skip any origin validation
+DISABLE_VALIDATE_ORIGIN ?= false
+ifeq ($(DISABLE_VALIDATE_ORIGIN),true)
+  VALIDATE_ORIGIN := 
+else
+  VALIDATE_ORIGIN := validate-origin
+endif
+
 # This variable can be set in order to pass additional helm arguments from the
 # the command line. I.e. we can set things without having to tweak values files
 EXTRA_HELM_OPTS ?=
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@ preview-%:
 	@common/scripts/preview.sh $(CLUSTERGROUP) $* $(TARGET_REPO) $(TARGET_BRANCH)
 
 .PHONY: operator-deploy
-operator-deploy operator-upgrade: validate-prereq validate-origin validate-cluster ## runs helm install
+operator-deploy operator-upgrade: validate-prereq $(VALIDATE_ORIGIN) validate-cluster ## runs helm install
 	@common/scripts/deploy-pattern.sh $(NAME) $(PATTERN_INSTALL_CHART) $(HELM_OPTS)
 
 .PHONY: uninstall
diff --git a/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh b/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
index 8258d4694..ff6b2bbb6 100755
--- a/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
+++ b/common/scripts/pattern-util.sh
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ podman run -it --rm --pull=newer \
     -e KUBECONFIG \
     -e PATTERN_INSTALL_CHART \
     -e PATTERN_DISCONNECTED_HOME \
+    -e DISABLE_VALIDATE_ORIGIN \
     -e K8S_AUTH_HOST \
     -e K8S_AUTH_VERIFY_SSL \
     -e K8S_AUTH_SSL_CA_CERT \